Lawrence wrote:
>
> doesn't the left in
> general like the idea of majority rule?
Can you name a single substantial change (for the better or for the worse) in all of human history that was brought about by a majority? I can't.
Majorities are passive followers. Hence they act only in response to demogoguery grounded in the given ideology of a period and place -- i.e., ruling class ideology.
Carrol