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A mobocracy is rule by a group of people unrestrained by an meaningful principles.  A mobocracy has a tendency to be arbitrary and to engage in bullying towards critics or dissenters.
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'''Mobocracy''' is a synonym for ''ochlocracy'', the rule by a group of people unrestrained by any meaningful principles.  A mobocracy has a tendency to be arbitrary and to engage in bullying towards critics or dissenters.
  
Examples of a mobocracy include the aftermath of the [[French Revolution]] and, according to their critics, [[Wikipedia]] and [[Conservapedia]].<ref>http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/20601</ref>
 
 
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Revision as of 23:12, December 19, 2007

Mobocracy is a synonym for ochlocracy, the rule by a group of people unrestrained by any meaningful principles. A mobocracy has a tendency to be arbitrary and to engage in bullying towards critics or dissenters.