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by Paul Caspersz, S. Rajalingam, Rohan Benjamin, K. Babuji

Even the old textbooks tell us that while democracy has willy-nilly to be the rule of the majority, the majority should never - except as its own ultimate peril - ride roughshod over the rights of political, ethnic and other minorities. Or, democracy is the rule of the majority with the consent of the minorities.
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