Supermajority debate pits fear of tyranny against majority rule as democracy

Evidence

Those who favor supermajority rules (low insulation) worry about limiting the power of appointed leader and about the tyranny of the majority. Those who oppose them view the (simple) majority rule as the essence of democracy. — Philippe Aghion, Alberto Alesina, and Francesco Trebbi, Endogenous Political Institutions, 47

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels constitutional-theory debates over supermajority requirements, bicameralism, and the countermajoritarian difficulty.
• ADDENDUM: Could extend the ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ thesis about recurring moral panics to recurring constitutional panics over majority power and its limits.