Mill began his exposition of liberalism with tyranny of the majority.
密尔对自由主义的论述以“多数人暴政”作为切入点的。
With the development of democracy,the freedom of the individual was facing the new threat - "the tyranny of the majority".
在民主日益扩大的背景下,个人自由面临新的威胁——“社会多数暴政”,为了防止社会多数对少数自由的干涉,必须为个人自由与社会干涉划清一条界线,而这条界线就是“自由原则”。
参考来源 - 论密尔的自由主义思想