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learnstats2 on June 27, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Could the Scottish Parliament Stop the UK from Lea...

I believe democracy is about following the will of the people.

As such, there are several levels I object to this comment, in particular that we have fair reason to believe the will of the people might have changed in recent days.

Stubbornly following the result of a majority vote is majoritarianism, not democracy.

samdoidge on June 27, 2016 [–]

Stubbornly following the result of a majority vote is majoritarianism, not democracy.

Nonsense. In the case of an A/B referendum, following the majority vote is democracy.

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