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That is because we rely on higher cognitive function in our political thinking, rather than going by pure frontal-lobe fight-or-flight mob-rule response, as do wingnuts.
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‘Democracy’ has had a narrower range of referents, and always involved involvement of entire political communities (however defined, and never, of course, universal) in political affiars; it long had pejorative overtones of mob-rule, but steadily gained in prestige after about1700.
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Rioting and mob-rule reigned throughout the rural districts.
Chapter 16: The End 2010
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And after the webstorm around the “Sarah Lacy/mob-rule” kerfuffle died down, and putting aside the business issues per-se, a few seemingly innocuous par-for-the course points lingered.
Facebookology – the Mark Zuckerberg SXSW 08 keynote interview « Innovation Cloud 2008
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And after the webstorm around the “Sarah Lacy/mob-rule” kerfuffle died down, and putting aside the business issues per-se, a few seemingly innocuous par-for-the course points lingered.
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‘Democracy’ has had a narrower range of referents, and always involved involvement of entire political communities however defined, and never, of course, universal in political affiars; it long had pejorative overtones of mob-rule, but steadily gained in prestige after about1700.
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The linked map shows my progress, from the mother of all county-counting sites, mob-rule. com — it allows you to define colors and labels for your counties as well as simply marking them.
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That mob-rule. com link is totally rad — thanks for the link.
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And as a last-gap protection from “mob-rule,” they created the Electoral College, establishing that citizens would not vote for the President directly but only for suitable “electors” who, later and behind closed doors, would actually select the next President.
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Far from demonstrating a capability to create a functioning, responsible civil society, he says, Palestinians have only proven their willingness to tolerate chaos, mob-rule and terror.
Israel doesn't have a partner for peace.... GayandRight 2009
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