That is a definition of unchecked democracy. It's the reason the U.S. government, for example, positions different powers at varying degrees of separation from

That is a definition of unchecked democracy. It's the reason the U.S. government, for example, positions different powers at varying degrees of separation from the immediate will of the people: to protect the rights of groups that form a minority of voters. I don't understand why so many people conflate democracy and freedom (as the headline of TFA seems to do). Real democracy only protects the freedom of the majority.