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What does it mean?
Adopting the Fijian model as the host culture is acceptable only if all other communities agree to it.
In plain terms
It is okay to prioritize the first people if everyone else agrees.
What can you take from it?
Accept majority culture only with consent from all groups.

Where it applies

  • legal negotiations
  • policy design
  • constitutions

Putting it to work

  • consensus building
  • rights protection
  • power sharing

Questions to consider

  • Whose consent matters most?
  • Is majority rule fair without equality?

Another view

Majority rule can marginalize minorities even with nominal consent.

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