Full Idea
Most of us can accept losing from time to time, but sometimes an entrenched majority will win vote after vote, leaving the minority group permanently outvoted and ignored.
Gist of Idea
Occasional defeat is acceptable, but a minority that is continually defeated is a problem
Source
Jonathan Wolff (An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Rev) [2006], 3 'Protecting')
A Reaction
This is the key problem of the treatment of minorities in a democracy. Personally I have only once been on the winning side in voting for my MP, and he changed party a couple of years later.
Book Reference
Wolff,Jonathan: 'An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Rev)' [OUP 2006], p.100