Tag Archives: Democracy

OBAMA & THE PERILOUS DELUSIONS OF DEMOCRACY

By James Bovard
When Barack Obama was inaugurated on January 20, there was euphoria across the land and millions of people cheered in the streets of Washington. Many people are convinced that American democracy has been redeemed and that the federal government no longer poses a peril to individual rights. Since the people’s choice is now [...]

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Democracy As Pseudo-Savior

The road to the restoration of liberty is going to be long and fraught with ups and downs. Many don’t even know that our liberties are being usurped and that statism has arrived. Some don’t want to know because they are our “weaker brethren,” and they prefer to just “believe” everything [...]

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When We Make The Case For Capitalism, We Are Defending The Political Principle Of Freedom

In an excellent article, by Janet Daley, entitled, “G20: If capitalism is ‘overthrown’, we’ll lose our political freedom,” Daley discusses the importance of understanding what is really at stake at the G20 Summit. “The question we are wrestling with now,” writes Daley, “– and which the G20 will certainly fail to resolve – is [...]

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The Average Age of the World’s Greatest Civilizations has been 200 Years!

I remember reading this quote back in my college days…it’s haunting to run across it again as we discuss stealing a trillion dollars from Peter to pay Paul…
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. [...]

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