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		<title>Arithmocracy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[noun. A form of government in which the power is vested in the simply numerical majority. A ‘democracy’ of mere numbers is no democracy, but a mere brute ‘arithmocracy.’ Alton Locke, Charles Kingsley (1850) I was worried this would mean a government run by math teachers. If I were in such a country I would leave [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>noun</em>. A form of government in which the power is vested in the simply numerical majority.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>A ‘democracy’ of mere numbers is no democracy, but a mere brute ‘<strong>arithmocracy</strong>.’</em><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Alton Locke</span>, Charles Kingsley (1850)</p></blockquote>
<p>I was worried this would mean a government run by math teachers. If I were in such a country I would leave as soon as possible, but not before I was forced at gunpoint to demonstrate my knowledge of the Pythagorean theorum.</p>
<p>If the country was ruled by the math teachers I had in high school, I&#8217;d probably be an enemy of the state.</p>
<p>It in fact is a government ruled by the simple majority (over 50 percent). The phrase &#8220;majority rules&#8221; would surely come into play more often. Though if the country is near evenly-split in ideals, the course of action would change every day based on who showed up each day.</p>
<p>Thank goodness for our checks and balances. And now I&#8217;m off to balance my checks&#8230;</p>
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