mob rule
Noun
Meaning
mob rule (plural mob rules)
Government by violent gangs, or by the masses.
Synonyms
Examples
Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
Plato is correct about democracy. It is essentially mob rule. And once the mob gets an idea into its collective head, it's almost impossible to get it out, or modify it in any way. In an era of mass communication and irresponsible media, it can be a deadly characteristic.
The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.
Democracy is not a synonym for justice or for freedom. Democracy is not a sacred right sanctifying mob rule. Democracy is a principle that is subordinate to the inalienable rights of the individual.
Democrats demonstrate daily that they're not for the rule of law, but for the law of rule, mob rule.
It's mob rule and it has been basically since I left.