According to John Mill, the tyranny of the majority defines as when people have money, access to media and power, they use these to get people's attention and force others to believe what they believe. This picture represent this idea because it looks like people are falling off the cliff even though it is wrong but they fall because person in front them is falling too. The concept of cult is same thing as this picture. Members of the cult know that things are wrong but they do it because the leader told them to do it. In worst case, this leads to death of all members of the cult. They killed themselves because the leader told them to do it and others were doing it. In America society, Tyranny of the majority works best in media. For example, parents pay almost thousand dollars on Hannah Montana concerts just for their children. Hannah Montana was just another Disney Channel TV show. Her tour is number one among the kids and her movie is number one in America. Parents know that she is 15 years old but they still pay all those money for their children to take them to concert, buy her CD and now even dolls. This shows even though people know that she is just singer and actor, children wanting to become just like her and traveling Across the America just to see her concert, it proves how strong the media or one "pop sensation" kid can affect on children's life.
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I agree with you about the cult. People who are in a cult or a gang and believe it or not even within your friends, feel good knowing that they are looking up to someone, even if they know that it is wrong. However, the leader also knows that what they want his/her followers to do is wrong, so they feel that they need to threaten them to get what they want. Once a "leader" knows that his followers are afraid of him/her, they know that they won!
I agree with your comment about Hannah Montana. Parents were paying a lot of money for their children to go see her in concert. My brother was thinking of buying his 8yr old daughter tickets too. Which is ridiculous to spend so much money for a concert. I think spending $150 is a lot for the one's I've gone to...
The whole Hannah Montana thing has me completely baffled. My niece watches the show regularly, so I've seen it lots of times. I honestly don't get why it's so popular among young girls!
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