Definition of tyranny of the majority
: a situation in which a group of people are treated unfairly because their situation is different from the situation of most of the people in a democratic country
The tyranny of the 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.[1]
事件发生后, 政客们俨然是一副副 “tyranny of the majority”的嘴脸. 靠别人良心发现根本行不通啊, 真的是自己人只能依靠自己人. 具体见链接中,爪四哥帖中的详细描述