Wisdom of the Fans - Crowdsourced 2013 Roster

[OnceARam]

Yeah, but history dictates otherwise as well. Salem Witch Trials? Jim Jones Cult? Nazi Germany?

Let's drop the French Revolution in there while we're mentioning wrong-headed mob rule. Pun intended.

I used the results of crowdsourcing to answer your question (irony intended);

"The outcomes of the revolution where good but the reign of terror was not.

Sending children to the guillotine because they happened to be born to priveledge is not a particularly great concept.

Napoleon had a grand vision of a united Europe run by the people and the end to all aristocracy .He wanted a peaceful Europe under one Government and one economic power.

Nearly 200 years later after he lost at Waterloo his vision is actually coming true.

The economies of Europe are uniting and borders are coming down , the aristocracy is all but a figure head with no real power."

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The French revolution also unseated a monarchy, which is a good thing for if you believe in the rule of the people by the people.

 

[nighttrain]

No wisdom ever came from a crowd.

brings to mind the saying, take the lowest IQ of a guy in a crowd, then divide it my the number of members in the crowd!
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[Ram Quixote]

Yeah, but history dictates otherwise as well. Salem Witch Trials? Jim Jones Cult? Nazi Germany?

Let's drop the French Revolution in there while we're mentioning wrong-headed mob rule. Pun intended.

I used the results of crowdsourcing to answer your question (irony intended);

"The outcomes of the revolution where good but the reign of terror was not.

The reign of terror consumed everyone in power, including Robespierre, who thought he could control the irrational mob, until it ate him too.

The individual is rational. People (the group) are irrational.