Should majority always win?

Majority wins is an accepted rule across the world. In elections, the party with the most seats wins. But is it necessary that the majority is always right.

A lot of Americans questioned this when Trump won. They believed that the majority was wrong. They strongly felt the need for a reelection. But majority has always won in the past and it can’t be questioned now.

If I try to see this majority problem in another context, it is very much visible in the gay rights activists. The majority even today feels that it is unnatural and wrong and they do whatever they can to demote it.

You would say no, most of us agree that gay rights need to be in place but that’s because you are living in a previliged environment. An environment which contains people with similar beliefs as you, who have the same knowledge and source of information.

There is a huge majority part of this world which is still unaware what gay rights stand for. Now again, how can we say that the majority is right while they don’t even have the necessary knowledge to make a judgement.

I believe we need to rethink this old rule of majority wins and give a weight to each ones’ vote. The one with more knowledge and life experiences gets a higher weight.

This would create and incentive for people to acquire more knowledge and try out new things. What you think about it? Won’t this work better?

-ChoubeySahab