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Art History and Philosophy

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A persistent minority could be described as a group of people, or faction, who continuously fail to have their opinion regarded by the majority. For a persistent minority to arise within a democratic state there would need to be a faction, known as a political party, who are consistently unsuccessful in gaining the majority vote. An example of a political party within our democratic state would be the Liberal Democrats who are perpetually less politically powerful than either the Labour or Conservative parties.

Rousseau’s argument that in obeying the state, individuals obey only themselves can still be applied to today’s democratic society. We could state that Rousseau’s general will would be the same as our majority vote and an individual’s particular will could be classed as that of the minority. We can each act on our particular will when it does not impact on general society. An example of this would be what we eat......

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