The characteristic of the public as a state springs from the fact that all modes of associated behavior may have extensive and enduring consequences which involve others beyond those directly engaged in them.
Dewey emphasizes the far-reaching impact of collective actions on society.
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Personal loyalties to elders take the place of political obedience.
The invasion of the community by the new and relatively impersonal and mechanical modes of combined human behavior is the outstanding fact of modern life.
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In this distinction we find the germ of the distinction between the private and the public.