What is Democracy ?

What is democracy ? Pure democracy is simply the rule of the majority. That may sound great and even practical-unless you are in the minority and the issues concern your well-being and perhaps even your ife.
Benjamin Franklin said : "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have lunch." Majority rule is, in essence, the tyranny of the majority, wherein dissenters are oppressed. At its worst, it can devolve into mob rule, a fearful circumstance that can break down into anarchy and calls for authoritian by a single leader.
American Founding Father John Adams said : "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhauts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monorchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appear in history. Those passions are the same in all men, under all forms of simple government, and when unchecked produce the same effect of fraud, violence, and cruetly.
Yet even a true democratic republic does not neccessarily promote freedom. The forces of democracy are still at work in selecting representation. A takeoff on the humorous quote up front notes that is a republic,the flock gets to vote for which wolves vote on lunch.Of course, some countries refer to themselves as democratic republics even if truly free election are absent. Communist regimes are notorious

Here's a clear case, then, where democracy does not equate to freedom.