Shakespeare

MOB RULE
Joseph Lewis
The definition of Mob Rule is when a mob or gang has control of a place or government. They are often violent, making everyone go their way through fear tactics and intimidation. A mob is an out-of-control crowd. A gang is a group of people that just want to be tough. But can any good come from mob rule? Let’s find out.
The Sons of Liberty could be considered a mob. They were inspiring to some, but they were violent in their actions. For example, they burned the governor’s house, dumped tea into the harbor, and hung effigies from the Liberty Tree. The people saw them as heroes, but the British and Tories saw them as a mob.
It is never a good thing to make someone do what you want them to do by using force. That is taking away agency. Mob Rule occurred during Joseph Smith’s time when mobs were persecuting the saints in Missouri. The mobs took the Saints out of their homes and burned the houses, took some church leaders, including Joseph Smith, to jail and drove the Saints out of Missouri in the middle of winter. The governor of Missouri gave the mob permission to do whatever it takes to expel the Mormons. That was a horrible thing from my point of view.
Gangs are one of the modern day mobs. Gang members just want to be tough and controlling of others and territory. They have no purpose for their violence except to be powerful. They are just bad.
Satan is the great imitator and he copies all of Heavenly Father’s gifts to us. The greatest gift is family. Satan imitates families by making gangs look like they will accept you, but if you don’t do what they want, they beat you up, or worse they will shoot you.
The difference between a mob and a gang is: a mob does acts with a purpose, and a gang just is trying to be powerful. The Sons of Liberty is debatable, but, in my opinion, they were inspiring. Gangs are just bad. In conclusion, mobs can be good or bad, depending on what your point of view is, and what they are doing.