Direct democracy systems can result in the creation of an unrestrained majority of citizens who band together to rule society with a ferocity and cruelty comparable to a dictator, a ______.

A. tyranny of the majority
B. hierarchy of authority
C. factionalism
D. cross-cutting cleavages


A. tyranny of the majority

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