Democracy’s classic perversion is the poor governing against the rich

Evidence

Perversions into tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy arise where rulers—one, few, or many—place their own interest above the common good. Democracy’s characteristic perversion, in this Aristotelian view, consists of discrimination by the governing poor against both the state’s collective interest and the interests of the rich. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 76

Categorization

• XREF: Aristotle’s anti-democratic framing — majorities seeking their own benefit — anticipates exactly the reader’s question about how dominant-group politicization gets legitimated while subordinate-group claims are read as factional perversion. — connects to: Democracy’s redistributions function as asset insurance for the rich. — Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous…, 60; Extreme wealth inequality makes common legislation impossible in a democracy — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 363; Resentment of economic inequality gets redirected against democracy itself. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 443 (+8 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 76

Broader Connections

• Gilded Age elites circumscribed democracy to protect their economic regime #exemplifies (0.86) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 343
• Pseudoconservatives misdirect resentment at democratic form rather than economic inequality #responds-to (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1797
• Direct democracy can itself enable the tyranny of a majority #qualifies (0.84) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 77
• Pluralist democracy amplifies the already privileged #contradicts (0.83) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1187
• Democracy’s redistributions function as asset insurance for the rich. #complicates (0.82) — Mark Blyth, Austerity, 60
• Resentment of economic inequality gets redirected against democracy itself. #expands (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 443
• Formal political equality masks deep economic servitude that hollows out democracy #expands (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 406
• Unchecked market forces produce wealth divergence threatening democracy #expands (0.79) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 136
• Extreme wealth inequality makes common legislation impossible in a democracy #expands (0.78) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 363
• Democracy is undermined by both oligarchy and intersecting supremacies. #complicates (0.74) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 53
• Substantive democracy in a caste society requires deliberately equalizing the value of devalued citizens #qualifies (0.73) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1321