RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 days agoTIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US Historyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square231fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US Historyen.wikipedia.orgRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 days agomessage-square231fedilink
minus-squarenewfie@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 hours agoThe point is that majority support is unnecessary for a thing to exist. In fact, it increasingly appears to be an irrelevant metric in general
minus-squaredandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 hours agoyes, I agree entirely- but I’m not sure what further point you are making or how it is relevant
minus-squarenewfie@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 hours agoLooting may be warranted or unwarranted. But, because majority support is not relevant, we shouldn’t evaluate the propriety of looting based on this metric
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
yes, I agree entirely- but I’m not sure what further point you are making or how it is relevant
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