# kaal:claim:3808867-017

**Claim.** Majority rule in microdemocratic systems can produce discrimination against minorities, because a majority that is itself unaffected by a rule it instantiates can impose a discriminatory impact on a minority that is disproportionately affected.

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

**Holds when.**

- majority rule voting 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.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI* (2021), III. Technological Microdemocracy, page 10

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867

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**Failure mode.** Majority rule minority discrimination  (family: plutocratic-capture)

**Topics.** governance-design

**Keywords.** microdemocracy, majority-rule, minority-protection, voting-design

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782214-008

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