Sentences with phrase «into ochlocracy»

So my doubt is how to identify the symptoms of a decadent democracy that is converting slowly into a ochlocracy, and the signals of a real ochlocracy.

Some examples of articles exploring whether or not this is a degeneration into ochlocracy can be found here and here.

In my interpretation, a democracy is degenerating into an ochlocracy if it takes away those properties of democracy other than majority rule.

This might be considered a degeneration into ochlocracy, because it is a majority rule in direct democracy taking away a particular right of a religious minority (to build houses of worship in their own preferred style).