[Brainwalter]

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Theoretically possible, in the same sense that if everyone in America decides black people don't deserve rights then they can vote to implement that. If everyone else in society decides they don't recognize black people's rights then they probably won't have de facto rights under any system, except a very autocratic one with a sympathetic (to blacks) ruler. What system do you know of that doesn't have this problem?

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So, just to clarify: in AC land, the majority has the ability to take away the rights of the minority?


Isnt this one of the biggest complaints ACist make about a democracy?

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I do believe in AC it would take a lot more than a 50%+1 majority. Just how much is up for debate obviously. And I think the problem "if a sufficient X% of people want to oppress Y% they will" is possibly one of those problems only a utopia can solve, like "some people will try to steal from other people." Ultimately no matter what the system we have to rely on self-evident cultural values of fairness, but fortunately history shows they tend to win out when there is honest debate and free exchange of ideas.

also, what vhawk said.