>> Is that not the very definition of democracy? Majority rule easily and frequently overrides and marginalizes minorities. Its kinda the point.
Yes, so much this. And it's not even a bad thing. We need norms to be able to coexist, even if those norms are somewhat arbitrary and have space for improvement. Finding those norms through consensus and a majority is not the worst way to go.
Further more, some advanced ideas will stay in minority since the majority will not be able to comprehend them.
Basically the rule of majority will generally breed mediocrity in my opinion.
Exactly. For a couple hundred years _after_ US independence, the majority considered women to be second-class people. (quite a few still do.)
>> Basically the rule of majority will generally breed mediocrity in my opinion.
Mediocrity is the _goal_ - its not a bug its a feature. Spare us the rule of a person who considers them self to be exceptional.
Alas these days, democracy would do well to get mediocrity. Judging by some of the candidates in the last election, mediocre would have been a step up. (fortunately the voting public seemed to agree with me.)