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    9 hours ago

    Oligarchy is not supported by the majority. Yet it exists nonetheless

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      6 hours ago

      oligarchy is supported by the rich and powerful which is how it exists against the majority; I doubt you’re suggesting looting is a feasible option for the same reasons…

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        6 hours ago

        The point is that majority support is unnecessary for a thing to exist. In fact, it increasingly appears to be an irrelevant metric in general

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            3 hours ago

            Looting may be warranted or unwarranted. But, because majority support is not relevant, we shouldn’t evaluate the propriety of looting based on this metric