"We as citizens will need to be assured that a new government would have faith in democracy, Europeanism and freedom guaranteed by law,” Olga Tokarczuk’s says two weeks before Poland goes to the polls in a potentially pivotal election on 15 October.

"We need assurances that such a government would listen to us and respond to our needs, and not, like the present one, subordinate the majority of citizens to anachronistic ‘traditional values’ adhered to only by a 30% minority,”

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    1 year ago

    Lmao listen to yourself. 30% of a population is by definition a minority of said population.

    And you can preserve cultural tradition just fine without being a reactionary asshole with your governmental policies.

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      1 year ago

      Unless the system has only 2 parties like US, with three or more parties involved having a consensus of 30% makes quite a relevant share.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah uh, there’s a word for that: plurality. It’s a distinct concept from “majority”.