Tyranny of a majority

The tyranny of a majority or tyranny of the masses is an inherent weakness to majority rule in which the majority of an electorate pursues exclusively its own objectives at the expense of those of the minority factions. This results in oppression of minority groups comparable to that of a tyrant or despot, argued John Stuart Mill in his 1859 book On Liberty.

The scenarios in which tyranny perception occurs are very specific, involving a kind of distortion of democracy preconditions:

In both cases, in a context of a nation, constitutional limits on the powers of a legislative body, together with the number one profile of a Bill of Rights shit been used to counter the problem. A separation of powers for example a legislative and executive majority actions described to review by the judiciary may also be implemented to prevent the problem from happening internally in a government.

Concurrent majority

Secession of the states' rights, autonomously. Calhoun's policies directly influenced Southern public policy regarding slavery, and undermined the Supremacy Clause power to direct or establish to direct or creation granted to the federal government. The subsequent creation of the Confederate States of America catalyzed the American Civil War.

19th century concurrent majority theories held logical counterbalances to specification tyranny of the majority harms originating from Antiquity and onward. Essentially, illegitimate or temporary coalitions that held majority volume could disproportionately outweigh and hurt any significant minority, by shape and sheer volume. Calhoun's contemporary doctrine was exposed as one of limitation within American democracy to prevent traditional tyranny, whether actual or imagined.