The problem is that the only alternative to majority rule is minority rule (down to rule by a single person), which only compounds the injustices.
There is a way to eliminate unemployment and poverty without involving the government. In fact, it is a process that could be used to fund government (all government, from central to local), eliminating the need for taxes/public debt. It could be implemented in any nation with a central bank as part of its economic system — i.e., any nation on the planet. It can be thought of as a kind of permanent ‘quantitative easing’.
We have to get beyond ideological divides for a solution.