# kaal:claim:3709041-021

**Claim.** Majority rule in a microdemocracy can produce discrimination, because a majority that is itself unaffected by a rule it enacts can impose a disproportionate burden on the minority the rule does affect.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies to majority rule voting in microdemocratic systems

**Source quote.**

> Similarly, majority rule may mean discrimination of the minority. A majority that is unaffected by a rule they instantiate may have a discriminatory impact on a minority that is disproportionately affected by the change in the rules.

**From.** Kaal, *Blockchain Technology for Good* (2020), II.2 Microdemocracy, page 15

**Cite as.** Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `5216a7bca45a48e3bef11ec524936e66af737c0fd66271e9f6866dc20a4482cc` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202020%20-%20Blockchain%20Technology%20for%20Good.pdf

**Failure mode.** majority discrimination against unrepresented minorities  (family: governance-participation-collapse)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** majority-rule, minority-protection, discrimination, microdemocracy

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