Populism, demagoguery, whatever you want to call it. It's not a good system. It's just appealing to a might(or size)-makes-right mindset which is neither constructive nor good for society. It rewards the status quo and punishes minority opinions regardless of the relative merits of any idea expressed.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
Populism, demagoguery, whatever you want to call it. It's not a good system. It's just appealing to a might(or size)-makes-right mindset which is neither constructive nor good for society. It rewards the status quo and punishes minority opinions regardless of the relative merits of any idea expressed.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~