Absolutely not, and that mentality is a repeat of one of the most dangerous ideas to have ever been put into practice across history.
Much of our 'progress' has human beings has been advancing past the idea that might (of the mob, or of the authority, or otherwise) alone makes right.
It may be that the people shield you from punishment if you do something wrong, but it is still wrong and will always be wrong, though one can usually be rehabilitated.
> Absolutely not, and that mentality is a repeat of one of the most dangerous ideas to have ever been put into practice across history.
If not people, then who?
This isn't even a case of you and I disagreeing about the importance of certain facts, you made a bald-faced denial without even a shred of an explanation. I was waiting for something like claims about received wisdom, but nada, nothing, zilch.
Given a sufficiently large proportion of the population there is no amount of structure that can prevent those things. Ultimately all government is mob rule, structure can only withstand certain types and sizes of mobs for so long.
I get that you are now using the word "wrong" as a moral judgment, but even morality is defined by the people themselves.
> Since when has public opinion been based on facts alone?
That's nonsensical. I said opinion does not define fact, your response -- facts alone don't define opinion. At best that's orthogonal to your original erroneous analogy.