That’s the thing I’ve never understood about the “tyranny of the majority” folks, they’re just arguing that we should do what fewer people think is the right thing to do and that seems objectively worse. If a majority of people disagree with you then you either work to change their minds or be introspective and see if you need to change yours. Sometimes you’ll have to suck it up and deal with the fact that neither of those options will work but that’s just the way it is. There is no alternative that works in the long term.

Yeah but that’s how some people describe Trump. I can’t fathom how one could listen to him speak without getting the impression that he’s a narcissistic moron but that’s how it goes I guess.

I think that begs the question of whether or not many felt that way about Hitler in 1930s Germany. I’m guessing he was well spoken enough that even those that disliked his message didn’t have the same opinion of him that I do of Trump. They likely saw him as a threat and someone to fear for his ability to sway others to his cause. Trump seems successful largely in spite of himself which is odd, but again I can’t see anything other than a clown with little man syndrome so maybe they are successful for largely the same reasons. They do have a lot of similarities. I just have to imagine Hitler was more cunning and less sniveling.

Immediately test my ability to kill myself again

Echo chambers are a lot easier to recognize and ignore when they aren’t filled with your friends and family.

That should matter but it doesn’t. If there’s anything I’ve learned from the last 8 years it’s that facts don’t carry that much weight, especially in American politics, and especially with Republicans. All that matters is what people believe to be true and most of the time that doesn’t differ from what they wish were true.

I think there are many many people who would disagree with your assertion that fairness should be the goal. That’s not to say they’re correct but if you take that implicit assumption for granted then you have no hope of understanding their position and therefore little hope of addressing the problem in any meaningful sense.

Life isn’t fair, as evidenced by the fact that this hypothetical migrant family has reason to migrate in the first place. Your question presupposes that fairness is the default state of things and it simply isn’t.

Worsening climate change is going to make this whole situation even more unfair going forward. The longer we wait to set up a better system the more inhumane the eventual solution is going to be and I don’t think anyone wants to find out how much worse it can get.