Re: Democracy for the majority
"Maybe instead, when they ask for prawns to be banned, the techies should just say "No." Don't try to reason, just stonewall."
But the problem with recalcitrance is that, eventually, people go, "Sod this!" and go around you. Even a coast-to-coast stonewall can be bypassed by sea. The risk of stonewalling is that they simply ignore you and you get no input in the final solution.