a history of the united states but it divides the countrys story into eras on the basis of what the prevailing moral panic is
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I wonder if small d democratic systems are more prone to moral panics and if they are, whether this is more because moral panics emerge naturally and are translated into politics, or more because democracy enables moral panic entrepreneurs
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reasonable idea, but I can't think of any groups I've seen takeover this way. What groups switched during englands satan panic, for example?
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possible some might be more effective than others? think there were some huge shifts with the war on drugs at least at some levels of government in the US, I imagine something similar with Prohibition not sure about any of this ofc
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