Question

Democracy is not considered simply a rule of majority.Explain the reasons.

Answer 1

Because today's majority maybe tomorrow's minority.

So in a democracy, the majority makes the decisions with certain frame work (like the Constitution)... if the majority wants to make a decision against the frame work, usually the frame work wins. It is called the Rule of Law and it is also the basic building block of a democracy.

For Example:

The majority decided that racist speech is hateful and should not be tolerated, and persons that publicly make hateful racist speeches should be punishable by law.

This can indeed be the majority opinion, but the frame work (US Constitution) clearly stated that the freedom of speech cannot be infringed, so even if the majority wants to pass a law like that, it will very likely be shut-downed.

And this is how a democracy should function, because the majority are not always right, in fact the majority makes mistakes often. And there should be some Time-Tested Frame Work that make sure the majority doesn't make a bad and in revertible mistake.