majority rule
noun
: a political principle providing that a majority usually constituted by fifty percent plus one of an organized group will have the power to make decisions binding upon the whole
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All season long, Squid Game has been asking us to think critically about the merits of majority rule, and Gi-hun is finally done waiting for the democratic process to work for him.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
No middlemen, no outdated systems—just majority rules.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Perhaps the most dramatic example of the tension between majority rule and minority rights centered on the country’s history with slavery.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
If most of her fellow citizens agree—or, rather, most of those who are paying attention, since majority rule would not work here—then exposing the operation was likely justified.
—Michael Walzer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
No middlemen, no outdated systems—just majority rules.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Perhaps the most dramatic example of the tension between majority rule and minority rights centered on the country’s history with slavery.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
If most of her fellow citizens agree—or, rather, most of those who are paying attention, since majority rule would not work here—then exposing the operation was likely justified.
—Michael Walzer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
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“Majority rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority%20rule. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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