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It is important to note the difference between "Best of the Public" and "mob rule."  Simply allowing the loudest or most numerous voices to prevail is not the same thing as allowing the best of the public to drive achievement.  Sites such as [[Wikipedia]] operate on the principle of mob rule, and as a result, are plagued with bias, inaccuracy, and an inability to differentiate between significant insights and trivia.   

It is important to note the difference between "Best of the Public" and "mob rule."  Simply allowing the loudest or most numerous voices to prevail is not the same thing as allowing the best of the public to drive achievement.  Sites such as [[Wikipedia]] operate on the principle of mob rule, and as a result, are plagued with bias, inaccuracy, and an inability to differentiate between significant insights and trivia.   

One of the most pointed illustrations of this difference is the [[United States]] itself.  The [[Founding Fathers,]] despite not naming it, applied the "Best of the Public" principle in their attempts to craft a new government.  Realizing the danger of mob rule, they rejected a pure democracy in favor of a democratic Republic--a system designed to ensure that, while all of the public would have a voice in their new government, the best of the public would guide that government as elected representatives.  In so doing, they clearly affirmed that they believed the best of the public was better than a group of experts; in contrast, the nations of Europe still firmly subscribed to the notion that government should be in the hands of elite "experts" (the ruling families and nobility.)

One of the most pointed illustrations of this difference is the [[United States]] itself.  The [[Founding Fathers]], despite not naming it, applied the "Best of the Public" principle in their attempts to craft a new government.  Realizing the danger of mob rule, they rejected a pure democracy in favor of a democratic Republic--a system designed to ensure that, while all of the public would have a voice in their new government, the best of the public would guide that government as elected representatives.  In so doing, they clearly affirmed that they believed the best of the public was better than a group of experts; in contrast, the nations of Europe still firmly subscribed to the notion that government should be in the hands of elite "experts" (the ruling families and nobility.)

 

 

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