However, ladies and gentlemen, I have news for you: “Democracy,” in fact, can be a very scary thing. And “the people” can be a nasty bunch. Therefore, we might need to protect core values such as freedom, rights and justice from this system called “democracy,” and this massive political force called “the people.”

Here is the simple reason: “The people,” which practically means “the majority” in any given society, can sometimes opt for what we traditionally have considered the antithesis of democracy: Authoritarian rule.