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To: Drammach
The fundamental problem with this type of chart is it democracy biased. Democracy does not equal freedom, it never has and it never will. History teaches us quite the opposite actually as is well illustrated in the classic Liberty or Equality

The American model – democracy – must be regarded as a historical error, economically as well as morally. Democracy promotes shortsightedness, capital waste, irresponsibility, and moral relativism. It leads to permanent compulsory income and wealth redistribution and legal uncertainty. It is counterproductive. It promotes demagoguery and egalitarianism. It is aggressive and potentially totalitarian internally, vis-à-vis its own population, as well as externally. In sum, it leads to a dramatic growth of state power, as manifested by the amount of parasitically – by means of taxation and expropriation – appropriated government income and wealth in relation to the amount of productively – through market exchange – acquired private income and wealth, and by the range and invasiveness of state legislation. Democracy is doomed to collapse, just as Soviet communism was doomed to collapse.

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Demokratie. Der Gott, Der Keiner Ist’

As entertaining as it can be to banter will the average democratist I have work to do and I know its pointless in any case. Democracy is in the blood of Americans I think, we are programmed with it from birth along with the automatic assumption that all other forms of government = tyranny. Buchanan was half-right, the West is dying - he just fails to identify the root cause - demon-cracy.

95 posted on 02/10/2005 9:59:17 AM PST by kjvail (Judica me Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta)
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To: kjvail

You must not have voted Republican last year then?


97 posted on 02/10/2005 10:02:14 AM PST by Killing Time
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To: kjvail

Sorry, just read your profile so I now know the answer to my last question.


98 posted on 02/10/2005 10:03:49 AM PST by Killing Time
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