This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X GOVERNMENT AND THE CROWD IN the preceding chapter it was necessary to encroach somewhat upon the subject with which we have now to deal, seeing that Government is an essential part of the organisation of a national crowd, and may be said to resemble the skeleton of the whole structure. It is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X GOVERNMENT AND THE CROWD IN the preceding chapter it was necessary to encroach somewhat upon the subject with which we have now to deal, seeing that Government is an essential part of the organisation of a national crowd, and may be said to resemble the skeleton of the whole structure. It is obvious that man, the individual, will regard government differently from his twofold point of view: as a crowd-unit, and as an independent living creature. Similarly the governing body or sovereign may regard the governed from the same two points of view, as a public or as a multitude of individuals. We have had experience of legislation intended to promote directly the well-being of individuals, and of other legislation which regarded only classes. Finally the power which governments wield and by which they impose their will upon a people may be supplied by organised crowds or by the assent of a multitude of unorganised individuals. These general considerations will suffice to suggest what large questions are opened when we propose to discuss the interrelations of crowds and governing individuals or bodies. Broadly speaking, the governments of the peoples of the world from the beginning till now may be divided into two classes: Kingdoms and Crowddoms. In the one individuals ruled; in the other public opinion. It matters not how the King be chosen or obtain his office, whether by birth, by murder, intrigue, or revolution, by any of the many forms called of right divine, or by election or selection. I shall call that man in every case a king who exercises his individual volition as a ruler over a crowd. Kingdoms and Crowddoms are both very ancient forms, and one is not necessarily older than the other; for, though throughout the ancient and...
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