• HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    So a democracy has no value to you? Not everyone can be perfectly happy with the state of society at any point in time. What makes you feel like you are entitled to achieve your goals against the majority’s will?

    If the policies that govern a society aren’t working for a group, […] what are they to do?

    • Either you accept the constitution, in which case you could protest, say your opinion publicly or just accept what the majority wants, OR
    • You don’t accept the constitution, in which case you can leave the country/society.
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      9 months ago

      You’re conflating a lot of empty signifiers with “democracy.” So, I’ll focus on the specifics of political activism.

      If you, and the political group you ideologically agree with lived in Nazi Germany, but were a minority, would it be morally justified to fight against the government with terrorism if you are unable to leave?

      Every political group thinks they are justified in their actions. One group’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter.

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        9 months ago

        I respect democratic decisions and find any form of terrorism against those decisions and thus the democratic system itself unjustifyable.

        [About Nazi Germany:] would it be morally justified to fight against the government with terrorism if you are unable to leave?

        The Nazis didn’t adhere to the democratic principles themselves, they were very much antidemocratic and were forcibly trying to change the system against the will of the majority (this I find unjustifyable). They were themselves a kind of minority

        To answer your question, I think I would be justified to fight that (with force), HOWEVER, it is NOT justified that I push my own minority-opinion (e.g. by establishing a dictstorship with me as the dictator).