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Originally Posted by August
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Originally Posted by Letum
It was about 90% when the law was changed.
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Just curious. How does a representative government ban something that 90% of the population supports? |
Well, because it is a democracy, not a pure olagarchy.
Lets say there are two politicians.
The first politician believes X should be banned and will stay true to this belief, even
if no one else agrees with him.
The second politician also believes X should be banned, but he keeps voting against
banning X because no one agrees with him and he wants to stay popular and win
votes.
Even if I did not want X banned, I would still vote for the first politician because his way of doing things represents me better than the second politician.
If I voted for the second politician, I might get my way on issue X, but his
machivilian nature in appealing to the mob-majority in order to keep power and
popularity, rather than doing what he thinks is right
would not represent me at all!