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Can a majority vote away your rights?
If nearly everyone votes to take away one person's basic freedom, what makes the vote illegitimate? Where do rights get authority over the majority?
A democracy needs a way to decide together, but also an account of what cannot be put to a vote. Explain where that boundary comes from.
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