Majoritarianism

This is similar to social conformity in which it is perceived that the best option is the one that most people agree with. (Voting context)
Basically, the problem of doing the thing that most do will not satisfy everyone. This is because, of course, there are outliers in the population. For instance, having loud and noisy parties would certainly hurt an autistic person like me a lot, as I am pretty sensitive to loud noises and will actually feel mental pain. However, because it’s still utilitarianly better to benefit more people, it often leads to a bit of controversy. Alternative example: Most people in HK speak Chinese more, so I am a rare outlier, but, naturally, people would assume I mainly speak Chinese at first glance.

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