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The nearer opinion comes to unanimity, the greater is the dominance of the general will; whereas long debates, dissensions and tumult proclaim the domination by particular interests and the decline of the state. [...] At the other end of the political spectrum, unanimity circles back: that's when the citizens, having fallen into servitude, no longer have any liberty or any will. Fear and flattery then convert voting into acclamation; no-one considers issues any more; all they do is to fawn on those in power or to curse their rivals
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