An intolerant minority will set the rules for everyone else. People in the U.S eat Kosher food not because most of the U.S is Jewish, but because non-Jews tolerate Kosher while Jews don’t tolerate non-Kosher. This asymmetry informs us about what will happen with GMO’s. Companies can promote genetically modified food, but it only takes a minority of people to stop GMO’s from being ubiquitous.
Consider that transgenic-GMO eaters will eat non-GMOs, but not the reverse. So it may suffice to have a tiny percentage—say, no more than 5 percent—of an evenly spatially distributed population of non-genetically modified eaters for the entire population to have to eat non-GMO food.
But when it comes to democracy, a paradox emerges. Should a society that chooses to be tolerant, be tolerant about intolerance?
Kurt Godel noticed this logical error in the U.S Constitution while taking the naturalization exam. An intolerant minority can destroy a democracy and may eventually destroy our world. We need to be intolerant towards some minorities such as intolerant Salafism (which denies other people the freedom to choose their beliefs).