become lazy when thinking about the mob. They have celebrated “people power” when it threatens regimes they disapprove of, in the Middle East, say, while turning a blind eye to the excesses of protesters who they deem to be on the right side of history—in Portland, Oregon, for example. In August 2020 a mainstream publisher, Public Affairs, produced “In Defence of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action” by Vicky Osterweil.
The first great work of political philosophy, Plato’s “Republic”, was, in part, a meditation on the evils of mob rule. Plato regarded democracy as little more than mob rule by another name—perhaps without the violence, at least at first, but with the same lack of impulse control. He compared the citizens of democracies to shoppers who see a “coat of many colours” in a market and buy it only to discover that it falls apart when it has been worn a couple of times.
The following centuries saw only a few innovations in thinking about the mob. Machiavelli speculated that clever princes might be able to profit from chaos if they could forge the mob into a battering-ram against a decaying regime. Mostly elites were content with demonisation. They invented a slew of fearsome names for the people—the “beast of many heads”, the “swinish multitude” and the, or changeable crowd, which gave rise to the term “mob”.
The Founding Fathers argued that democracy could avoid becoming mobocracy only if it was hedged with a series of restraints to control the power of the people. Power was divided between the branches of government to make sure that nobody wielded too much. Citizens were given extensive constitutional rights. Senators were given six-year terms to insulate them from fads. They were also initially appointed by state legislatures rather than directly elected.
Everything about gov is immoral, regardless of which political parties, they're all tyrants. The idea that such establishments will create peace on earth is the biggest laughable scam/fallacy humans ever invented.
Maybe democratic institutions could be nurtured with the obscene amounts of money that flee to fiscal paradises. But wasn’t that the plan all along?
Yeah shure we live in a stable “democracy”
We crossed the Rubicon long back
No it won't. It will become the rule of the jackboots.
anwaribrahim Ini yang DS Anwar sebut berulang kali demokrasi mesti ada perimbangannya. Tak boleh bebas liar begitu tak ada panduan dan periksa. Perimbangannya kekuatan masyarakat madani.
Nigeria is on this table
Further proof that mankind has NOT evolved in over 2,000 years...that’s truly depressing
Time to crack down baby!!
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