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Continental liberalism and modern populist democracy eliminate the
ruling class external to the people being ruled, leading to
self-governance, preventing tyranny. However, the `people' who exercise
the power are not always the same people who are affected by the power.
The `will of the people', in practice, is the will of the most numerous
or active subset of the people. Democracy is, on these grounds, often
used as a utility for the tyranny of the majority.
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The prevailing opinion and feeling of the majority in society imposes a
tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression.
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