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"The free market is the only mechanism that has ever been discovered for achieving participatory democracy."
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View Full Quote"With a democratic government anyone in principle can become a member of the ruling class or even the supreme power. The distinction between the rulers and the ruled as well as the class consciousness of the ruled become blurred. The illusion even arises that the distinction no longer exists: that with a public government no one is ruled by anyone, but everyone instead rules himself."
menu_book Democracy: The God That Failed
View Full Quote"As for the moral status of majority rule, it must be pointed out that it allows for A and B to band together to rip off C."
menu_book Democracy: The God That Failed
View Full Quote"Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference, while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude."
menu_book Democracy in America
View Full Quote"Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom."
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Democracy: The God That Failed
Controversial critique of democracy from a libertarian perspective, arguing that monarchy is economically and ethically superior to democracy, and ...
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A profound analysis of American democratic society and its implications for the future of democracy, exploring the nature of equality, individualis...
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