User blog comment:Bondpedia/Important Bureacrat News/@comment-28584497-20131203170925/@comment-28584497-20131203173426

The US people are not capable of impeaching their leaders. They may start a petition for it but it is not up for a vote -- the Judicial Branch handles it. So no, according to the founding fathers, democracy isn't interchangeable with mob rule. That's where the concept of democracy as two wolves and a sheep deciding on dinner comes from.

And for the record, yes, certain people have tried to rig votes like that before — my first RFA comes to mind.

It's not special or preferential treatment. As is the case in real-world democracies, it's procedure and protocol to specifically prevent metaphorical lynching by the majority.