> I just meant, very simply, that it's rule by someone other than who the people expressed their desire to be ruled by. That's not what the term means. It's p

> I just meant, very simply, that it's rule by someone other than who the people expressed their desire to be ruled by. That's not what the term means. It's practically the opposite of one of the meanings of the word, which is a pejorative for majoritarian rule. An absolute autocrat is about as far as you can get from mob rule, and yet it's "rule by someone other than who the people express their desire to be ruled by".