Thread ancestor said that the electorate was consistently handing out mandates to "brutalize a minority population".
The electorate's power to hand out such mandates is also the power that it uses to define who criminals are.
There can't be a check on that power without also opening up a huge can of worms for general law enforcement.
> Criminals are people who break laws, they aren't a cultural group.
If a majority hands out a mandate to oppress a minority group they can probably define the minority group to be criminals. In fact, there is a persuasive argument that that is happening.
The electorate's power to hand out such mandates is also the power that it uses to define who criminals are.
There can't be a check on that power without also opening up a huge can of worms for general law enforcement.
> Criminals are people who break laws, they aren't a cultural group.
If a majority hands out a mandate to oppress a minority group they can probably define the minority group to be criminals. In fact, there is a persuasive argument that that is happening.