In case you’re wondering why the Turkish people “reelected” Erdoğan it’s for the same reason Americans would be “reelecting” President DeSantis after 20 years of rule.

(And in case you’re thinking “term limits”, realise that Turkey has term limits too. He was prime minister first, then president, and then he changed the constitution to make it into a presidential system which he argued reset the clock on the presidential term limit…)

#turkey #erdogan #autocracy #democracy #tyrannyOfTheMajority

Democracy has been on my mind a lot lately with the current Israeli government's moves to "reform" our Judiciary, and essentially cripple it in the process. The consequences of this for our democracy will be devastating.

https://pauljacobson.me/2023/02/24/a-real-democracy-has-checks-and-balances/

#"judicialreform" #anneappelbaum #autocracy #democracy #israel #jonstewart #judiciary #tyrannyofthemajority

I think this headline basiclly makes the case against #JudicialReform in #Israel, and reinforces concerns about #TyrannyOfTheMajority.

#YarivLevin

https://www.timesofisrael.com/levin-said-unfazed-by-protests-against-judicial-overhaul-unwilling-to-compromise/

Finland's long-awaited trans law hits parliamentary stumbling block - https://yle.fi/a/74-20012421

Old news already but the law is still blocked by #kokoomus , #nationalCoalitionParty and by #perussuomalaiset , #finnsParty.

This whole mess is just another example of #tyrannyOfTheMajority --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority

#representativeDemocracy just doing its thing.

Quote Calendar Day # 13

"My father always used to say, 'Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument.' Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right."

- Desmond Tutu

#Quotemas #Debate #Rhetoric #TyrannyOfTheMajority #Oppression #AntiOppressive #AntiRascist

Quote Calendar Day # 11

"Sometimes the smallest, softest voice carries the grand biggest solutions"

- Michael John Burkett, aka "Fat Mike" (2003)

#24DaysOfQuotes #Punk #Quote #Equality #Equity #TyrannyOfTheMajority #Democracy #Philosophy #Politics #AntiOppressive #AntiFascism