Nearly all formulations of democracy are not just majority rule, they also explicitly include protections for the rights of minorities and consider it non-democ

Nearly all formulations of democracy are not just majority rule, they also explicitly include protections for the rights of minorities and consider it non-democratic for the majority to vote away the rights of the minority. edit - This also makes sense from looking at the word. Democracy is rule by the 'demos', which means 'the people', which includes the minority. Rule by the majority is ochlocracy, from 'ochlos', meaning 'the mob'.