People tend to be indulgent toward mobocracy when they assume that the mob will necessarily [[original-position fallacy|side with them]]. When they are proved wrong, they often [[Morton's fork|do an about face]] and say that the whims of the mob should not determine morality. | People tend to be indulgent toward mobocracy when they assume that the mob will necessarily [[original-position fallacy|side with them]]. When they are proved wrong, they often [[Morton's fork|do an about face]] and say that the whims of the mob should not determine morality. |