The Economist Just Downgraded the US From a ‘Full Democracy’ to a ‘Flawed Democracy’

[Lafiel]

DonFerrari said:

Lafiel said:

actio = reactio is what Newton's third law of motion says and what I think happens in politics a lot aswell

so in my opion if there is a weak reaction, then that means the action wasn't very strong either or for your example, that the population might favor the gun permit, but aren't all too sad/mad with what was installed instead

Trump obviously plans very strong actions and those tend to have strong reactions

Unless you believe 20 cents of increase in the bus fare is a bigger issue than gun permit.

In Brazil we have had Million people on the street to protest without any incident or violence... but there were protests with less than a hundred people and a lot of rioting... so no, the violent response isn't a direct correletion against the will of majority

but the larger the group that feels rejected or flat out wronged and the more pressing the issue for that group the higher the chance for extreme reactions