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There's a difference between democracy and ochlocracy ("mob rule").
by DrJokepu 10y ago
There's a difference between democracy and ochlocracy ("mob rule").
- rangibaby 10y agoIt's democracy (with a small d) when I agree with it, ochlocracy when I don't?
- DrJokepu 10y agoNo, this is a rather cynical thing to say. In a free society, the rule of the people is only one of the pillars of freedom. Other pillars include the rule of law, certain inalienable rights, etc. Without these, the rule of the people descend into majoritianism or ochlocracy. The textbook example of ochlocracy is the French Revolution between the Insurrection of 10 August 1792 and the Thermidorian Reaction.
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- rhizome 10y agoIs the practical mechanism of ochlocracy that it's a democracy with sore winners?