Define majority... define minority. Not numerically (which is clear enough), but politically.

So who are the minorities or the majorities in a society or country? Mathematically speaking, the group with the smaller number of people is the minority and that with the larger number is the majority.... but is that also the case politically?

Is it about which group has more "power"? What sort of power?

And if power is something that flows, when does a minority become a majority... and vice-versa?

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MyNameIsHurl · 41-45, F

Free thinkers are always the minority

chilloutab2 · 46-50, M

@MyNameIsHurl Numerically or politically?

Also, doesn't that mean almost everyone is a majority in most places, even people who consider themselves minorities?
For example, whichever party loses the US elections would like to think of themselves as the minority... but since neither Democrats nor Republicans are free thinkers, won't the losing minority still be a majority?
Similarly, in the UK, Muslims are said to be a minority, but since there is very little chance of finding free thinkers in their midst, that would still make them a majority, right?
And numerous other such examples....?

MyNameIsHurl · 41-45, F

@chilloutab2 overall free thinkers are the minority in politics and numbers. It's why people are so opposed to any new ideas or viewpoints

wildbill83 · 41-45, M

there are no new ideas/viewpoints in politics, only rehashing of old ones. The idea that something that has been tried and failed dozens of times already is naïve at best...