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Originally Posted by Hersbird
All of this "majority" forcing their opinions on the minority is not how America is supposed to work.
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How do you figure ?
We vote (majority rules) .. for laws, for representatives, constitutional amendments , etc ... that's how it was setup from the beginning.
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Originally Posted by Hersbird
Why can't you just do what you want w/o making it mandatory for everybody to do what you want?
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Because what people want to do has an effect on other people ... Our world and our society is a very interconnected web .. We do not function as islands of isolation from the rest of the world and the rest of our species.
Things that person A wants sometimes come in conflict with what person B wants .. when that happens they both can't have 100% of what they want.
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Originally Posted by Hersbird
With cars though the federal government won't allow them on the road. There is nothing a state can do to get around this.
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AFAIK .. It isn't the federal government .. that is the state government choosing to comply with federal policies .. in exchange for the federal money being offered to them for doing so... just like when the federal government admitted they didn't have the authority to force a speed limit .. but they could remove federal money to states who don't comply.
Further it doesn't seem to me to be the government separate from the people ... as if the government is imposing something the majority are against .. Instead it seems to me the people themselves are the ones driving and applying the pressure ... the state and federal governments are complying with the pressure that the people push for.
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Originally Posted by Hersbird
Instead it seems some know that if they allowed real freedom on place the migration would show what the majority really wants, and what really works for true progress.
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I think what we have is what the majority thinks they want ... as good or as bad as that is .. The majority vote on election day and they vote with their Dollar $$... As long as a higher 'safety' rating is a selling feature worth more $$ ... that is the majority voting with their $$$.