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“What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear”

by Sheldon Richman Posted on The Freeman, June 2010 • Volume: 60 • Issue: 5 I took that title from volume 2, section 4, chapter 6 of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (1840). Considering what has been happening legislatively (and not just in the last year-plus), it seems like a good time to revisit [...]

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