Democracy

(any variant: 'theirs', 'yours', 'ours', 'mine', etc.)

Protects the majority.

( majority  mob rules)

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Constitutional Republic

Protects minorities  from  majority rule.

Je pensais que je pensais, donc je pensais que j'étais.   👍

"Republics require a knowledgeable and engaged citizenry
capable of thinking critically about their society and
their government rather than obedient soldiers."

Boone Cutler