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		amadeuspagel on July 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the... > "majority" and "minority" are never about raw numbers but power dynamics. So the concept "minority rule" is a contradiction in terms, since if a group rules it's per definition the majority?

goodpoint on July 12, 2022 [–]

If you are talking about power, it is an oxymoron.

If you are talking about numbers, it is not.

In this context it's the first.

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