In the 1960s, economist Mancur Olson Jr. developed what he called the "logic of collective action," collective action referring to the combined efforts of people pursuing certain goals, obviously most if not all political actions, are collective actions as well. Olson argues that you can separate "diffuse interests," the will of the majority, from "concentrated interests," minority interests.
In every aspect of human history there has been inequality.Politics its not an exception. The term diffuse is defined as the action to spread or cause to spread ed in all directions,as oppose to concentrated that refers to come to a single purpose or aim.Such groups ( minority and majority) have surged due to the diversity of opinions and preferences. Majority groups in my view have more influence not by the amount of people that compose it, but for their interests.These groups tend to have a greater reach in society because of the diversity of interests that they pursue.
On the other hand, minority groups which tend to focus their interests in one direction, which do not allow then to have a great reach in society. for instance, in a supermarket workers have to work more because of the amount of products that such market sells and the size of it,however this is not always true because of all the options that the give to the public allows them to have a greater quantity of products on sale. As opposed to, a pharmacy which is smaller than the supermarket and offer the same products.In this case workers have to work more because the products tend to dwindle. In other words ,both the supermarket and the pharmacy are trying to satisfy needs the supermarket reaches a wider public.Same happens with groups in society.Some groups have a greater reach in society which allows them to have greater influence in society.!!
I choose this fragment of the reading because in all aspect of human life there has been inequality as well as some people has the most influential opinion . etc!!!!
