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'''Mobocracy''' is a synonym for ''ochlocracy'', the rule by a group of [[people]] unrestrained by any meaningful principles. A mobocracy has a tendency to be arbitrary and to engage in [[bully]]ing towards critics or dissenters. Wikis and other online communities tend towards mobocracy if strong measures aren't taken to prevent this. Many conservatives feel that [[Wikipedia®]] takes inadequate measures.<ref>Chris Edwards. [http://blog.hackingcough.com/2007/03/on-wikipedia-no.htm On Wikipedia, nobody's sure you're a prof], ''HackingCaugh'', 1 March 2007.</ref> In some cases, democracy can also be demonstrated by mobocracy. Infamous examples of these include the [[French Revolution]], as well as the leftist protestors in Wisconsin and the various leftist rioters such as [[antifa]] during the Donald Trump administration, as well as the events of [[Ferguson]] and Barack Obama's inferring that the rioters on the streets were the "true voice of democracy.".
'''Mobocracy''' is a synonym for ''ochlocracy'', the rule by a group of [[people]] unrestrained by any meaningful principles. A mobocracy has a tendency to be arbitrary and to engage in [[bully]]ing towards critics or dissenters. Wikis and other online communities tend towards mobocracy if strong measures aren't taken to prevent this. Many conservatives feel that [[Wikipedia®]] takes inadequate measures.<ref>Chris Edwards. [http://blog.hackingcough.com/2007/03/on-wikipedia-no.htm On Wikipedia, nobody's sure you're a prof], ''HackingCaugh'', 1 March 2007.</ref> In some cases, democracy can also be demonstrated by mobocracy. Infamous examples of these include the [[French Revolution]], as well as the leftist protestors in Wisconsin and the various leftist rioters such as [[antifa]] during the Donald Trump administration, as well as the events of [[Obama riots|Ferguson]] and Barack Obama's inferring that the rioters on the streets were the "true voice of democracy.".
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.