bewildered herd, n.All

The Bewildered herd (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what the public becomes in the eyes of an elite that thinks of itself as the intelligent minority.

The Bewildered herd (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Lippmann's name for the public: a mass whose rage and trampling the responsible few must be protected from.

Bewildered herd (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the public in Lippmann's democracy: spectators, not participants, whose one function is to trample now and then at elections.

Bewildered herd (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Lippmann's public: its function is to be interested spectators of action, so the responsible men may live free of its trampling and roar.