Congratulations To President-Elect Joe Biden. I respect the U.S. to vote for the

Congratulations To President-Elect Joe Biden. I respect the U.S. to vote for their own future. Majority rule is a fundamental of today’s society. Let’s keep it in mind, though. Majority rule is a means for organizing government and deciding public issues; it is not another road to oppression.

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Considering a case of passing down a “culture”, I am not a big fan of majority decisions. Loud voices (Ability to write / power to publish / capitalism) can create a majority understanding. How about the silent voice that was not “introduced”? Japanese are well-known as a “silent majority”. We barely speak up our “opinions”. Within this silent majority, what I am trying to do is to pick up the voice from the silent minority. 

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I thought I was in a majority of Sashiko 15 years ago. Now, in a “normal” of Sashiko in English, I have become a stone in a big stream of trends. That’s how the world changes with keeping silent. That’s how majority rule can over-paint the culture. I know everyone means well. They have good intentions. However, unfortunately, as long as there are people with pain, it “can” be a form of oppression. Therefore, I decided to be a loud-minority. I used to be a silent majority in my own culture – now, I have to be the loud minority, in my own culture again. Please listen to the voice of Japanese Sashiko.

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アメリカ大統領選挙、結果が出ましたね。選挙人の数だけ見れば圧勝ですが、実際はとても接戦だった様に思います。民衆主義の大原則である多数決の結果です。

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こと”文化”に限ってですが、僕は多数決が嫌いです。英語では「多数決の原則」みたいな本もあって、そこには「少数派を抑圧するような多数決であってはならない」と書いてあるのですが、文化に限っては数が多い少ないで決められるようなものじゃないと思うんです。っていうか、両方あって良いやん？（大統領が二人いたら困るので、選挙は多数決が必須です）。

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出版やメディアという流れの中では”人気”が大切で、その人気が多数派を作ります。だからこそ、静かな少数派の意見も丁寧に伺いたいなと思っています。あ、ちなみに、僕はまだ日本語での刺し子だと（静かな）多数派だと思っています。ただ、英語圏だと、どうやら少数派。なんでここまで捩れがでるんでしょうね。これも面白い考察になりそうです。

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2020-11-07 13:41:25

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