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[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't that the tyranny of the majority? The fact that a larger percentage of the population does something, doesn't necessarily mean it's the better thing.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 2 points 1 hour ago

Eg. Pretty much every group of people in the history of humanity. We tend to forget that we're just dumb animals with dumb animal instinct sometimes.