Reply #14: Who is "The Public"? [View All]

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

The majority? Should we pursue only policies that are popular with "The Public"? I can give a long list of policies that were very unpopular with the majority and considered dangerously "radical".

Here's a few:

Breaking with Great Britain.

Ending Slavery

Ending Jim Crow Laws

Women's Suffrage

The 8 hour day

Labor Unions

Ending the war in Vietnam

Civil Rights

Affirmative Action

Abortion Rights

and, many more.

Politicians don't "lead" they follow the voters, the money, and the pressure put on them by segments of "the public".

“In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.” Gandhi