Thread:LaserRaptorz/@comment-35072152-20181110233222/@comment-36249954-20181112150900

Really.

A basic principle of democracy is majority rule and the protection of individual and minority rights, which, although seemingly contradictory, are the very foundation of democratic government.

Mob Rule and democracy are 2 very different things.

In mob rule, the name is self explanitory. The mob rules. If that was the foundation of democracy, democracy would be like a totalitarian communist regime. It would work for a little bit, but not for long.

Democracy is the fair and just rule of law. Just look at the United States. It set out as a tiny bunch of quarreling colonies in the year 1776, and now look at it. Most powerful and prosperous nation on the planet. Only smaller than all of Europe by 100,000 miles. Mob rule can't do that.

Mob rules does not produce powerful nations. Mob rule does not unify people. Mob rule does not fight for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Democracy does.

Mob rule can discredit a democracy, but note that if mob rule takes hold of a democratic government, note that it is not the fault of the democracy, but the people who attempted mob rule, and the good men (and women) who did nothing to stop it.