Tyranny of the majority

For the form of democracy, see Ochlocracy. For the Flesh Field album, see Tyranny of the Majority (album). For the concept in engineering, see Tyranny of numbers.

Tyranny of the majority refers to a situation in majority rule where the preferences and interests of the majority dominate the political landscape, potentially sidelining or repressing minority groups and using majority rule to take non-democratic actions. This idea has been discussed by various thinkers, including John Stuart Mill in On Liberty and Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in America.

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