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Travis Smith — The Tyranny of Which Majority?

The Curious Task

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The Sovereignty of the People Is the Fundamental Principle of American Democracy

The sovereignty of the people is the fundamental principle of American democratic society, he says. But in large enough numbers, could still come to behave in or rule in or demand to be ruled in a tyrannical or despotical way,. The average person since generally sincere in their life, they desire for the good that could be the majority that's actually ends up being tyrannical.

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