Top 26 Minoritarians of All Time
majorities don't always rule.
Minoritarianism enables minorities to exercise disproportionate power.1 Minoritarianism is not necessarily “rule by minority”; many minoritarian groups are persecuted. They remain minoritarians, even when persecuted, because of overrepresentation. At the height of their power, minoritarians achieve state capture.
The most striking examples of minoritarianism include white South Africans, Southern slave-owners, the Brahmin of India, and Jewish Americans. I am not equating each of these in their particular strategies or moral conduct, but highlighting the disproportionate power that each of them has exercised.
To better understand minoritarian theory, I will run rapid-fire and lightning-fast through 26 historical examples of minoritarian groups. My purpose is to exemplify how diverse these groups are, and to dispel the notion that whites or Jews are the only groups which practice minoritarianism.
