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A political condition where majority rule overrides minority rights, dissent is suppressed in the name of the popular will, and democratic procedures are used to legitimize authoritarian measures. It is the dark side of democracy: the tyranny of the majority, where elections become tools of exclusion, and the crowd demands conformity. Ancient Greeks feared it, and modern populism has revived it. Democracy becomes tyranny when it loses liberal safeguards—freedom of speech, independent courts, protection for minorities.
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