I was today years old when conservatives taught us that Jim Crow, an oppressive system adopted in some states that were majority Black, came about through “pure, unchecked majoritarianism.” 
The idea that Black majorities in the South were too unfit and corruptible to govern was an intellectual cornerstone of Jim Crow. The reactionaries who crushed Reconstruction weren’t coy about that, at all. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…
In other words, in arguing against “unchecked majoritarianism,” writers such as Mr. Crank hearten back to Jim Crow, alright — but not on behalf of the side they might think.
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