Editing Mob rule (section)

{{Short description|Democracy spoiled by demagoguery and the rule of passion over reason}}
{{other uses|Mob Rule (disambiguation)}}
{{Democracy}}
{{Forms of government}}
[[File:T2C, Fred Barnard, The Carmagnole (III,5).jpeg|thumb|right|''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'', the mob in Paris dancing [[La Carmagnole]], by Fred Barnard.]]

'''Mob rule''' or '''ochlocracy''' or '''mobocracy''' is a [[pejorative]] term describing an oppressive [[majoritarianism|majoritarian]] form of [[government]] controlled by the common people through the [[intimidation]] of authorities. Ochlocracy is distinguished from [[democracy]] or similarly legitimate and representative governments by the absence or impairment of a procedurally civil process reflective of the entire polity.<ref name="auto">{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/26803846|title=Ochlocracy in the Practices of Civil Society: A Threat for Democracy?|first=Jasmin|last=Hasanović|journal=Studia Juridica et Politica Jaurinensis|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515004503/http://www.academia.edu/26803846/Ochlocracy_in_the_Practices_of_Civil_Society_A_Threat_for_Democracy|archive-date=2018-05-15}}</ref>

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