Oh yes, I am a sheeple, and oh so proud to be.
The term “mob” is also sometimes used to describe organized crime. The term also has been applied to zealously religious people Since it is relatively simple for the criminal element to exploit public strife, for example by looting, or grabbing power by means of fraud, there is some resonance in that “mob rule” can be described as having power held by those people who exploit or create mobs by leading them into violence. Oh yes, I am a sheeple, and oh so proud to be.
In certain places with a dubious record of representative democracy, physical control of polling stations is a form of mob rule that determines who wins: whoever can bring out more supporters (typically with clubs and farm implements, although now usually knives and guns) to keep the opposing political party out, wins. Political privacy is very often nonexistent in this kind of condition, so retribution against defectors is easy.