At a group event, a #Hindi-speaking North #Indian informed everyone that "we call this XXX in India."
Of course, that's not true - the word he said was nothing like the #Telugu term for the same thing. But it's the subconscious
#majoritarian mentality - assuming you represent the entire country - and it's not something specific to #India.
How #VicePresident and #DemocraticParty #Nominee for #President #KamalaHarris Is Creating a New #Majoritarian #Center.
#Economic #policies that are both broadly #popular and broadly #beneficial are defining a new center. It’s Harris’s #neoliberal #critics who are #extremists
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #Megathread
https://newrepublic.com/article/186863/kamala-harris-economic-policy-new-majoritarian-center
@bakerjohnj I see you edited your post- yes, it seems like you're touching on #consensus decision making which is neither #majoritarian nor #pluralistic, which may interest you, and when #anarchist s like myself criticize #democracy, consensus is not usually in the same breath. Given your talk of politicians/interests, you might be interested in the topic of #ManufacturedConsent.
Pluralistic & Majoritarian systems are designed to assimilate minority. This is also #colonization.
> .. all #DemocraticCountries that had #civilwars between 1960 and 1995 had #majoritarian or presidential electoral systems, like in the U.S. In contrast, countries with #ProportionalRepresentation were completely spared.. It’s safer when political parties have members from a variety of backgrounds. Walter says, “War is even more likely.. if at least one faction in a country becomes a #superfaction.. whose members share.. same ethnic or #RacialIdentity.. same #Religion, class and.. location.”
#LailaTyabji a well-recognised doyen of Indian #handicrafts revival, and not just through #NGO #Dastakar, shares about being #Muslim in #India where the Muslim community's loyalties is always suspected by #majoritarian #hindus
https://thewire.in/communalism/go-to-pakistan-indian-muslims
