16. Plato sees tyranny as arising from PRECISELY that society which puts an absolute value on freedom.

He gives a rather detailed account of how this happens, where the extreme democrats, to pursue their desires, plunder the wealthy and thus make them enemies, and against whom they must now be protected. Hence the Protector, who turns (necessarily, Plato thinks) into the full-blown tyrant.

If the democrats DID set up a protector in this sort of situation, would that protector necessarily turn into a tyrant in the manner described by Plato?