NOT JUST A MAJORITY,

AND DEFINITELY NOT JUST THE MAJORITY

...of Unionists, Russians, Hutus, Jews, Sunni/Shi’a etc..

It’s on:https://www.tasc.ie/blog/2026/07/24/democracy-is-for-everybody-not-just-a-majority-and-definitely-not-just-the-majority/

 A MAJORITY VOTE MAY BE FAIR IF,

AND ONLY IF,

ITS DICHOTOMY IS A DUALITY.

Binary voting, some 2,500 years old, is primitive, divisive and often hopelessly inaccurate.  Everything else these days is modern, but not our decision-making.  Pluralism is possible, however, and instead of reducing debates to short lists of only two options, decisions in our multi-party chambers should best be taken in multi-option, preferential ballots on (short) lists of up to six options.

Majority voting may be fair if, and only if, its dichotomy is a duality.

Many politicians like the win-or-lose majority rule; the system where they can win only everything, even if only on just 50% + 1 of the vote.  And if they lose, they wait for the next election and hope for another vote.

It's worse in the COP talks: many countries want either to win everything or to lose nothing, to win a majority vote or to veto a loss.  They do not want a voting procedure which facilitates a compromise, which is egalitarian.

Business also has too many vested interests, with leaders on majority shareholdings, and so on. 

So here's a video, which proves that, in any multi-option debate, majority voting is manipulable.  And we all know, it is often manipulated.