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Originally posted by Griff
...snip... In most places, cyclists get left out of the transportation decision making process because the gas burners have the numbers, the power, and the cash. Its a failure of democracy ...snip....
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Actually, it's DEMOCRACY in perfect action - in a Democracy, the majority (you admit they have the numbers - see above) gets to vote to do what they want, they DON'T have to listen to the minority at all!
Your thinking about OTHER forms of government - for instance, you seem to be looking for some form of proportional representation, and some rules that respect a small minority
One form that handles this is the Parliamentary form of government, which we are NOT.
What we ARE is a Constitutional REPUBLIC - part of the reason for this (beside how unwieldy it would be for everyone to vote on everything) is to PREVENT the "Tyranny of the Majority"
"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions."
-James Madison