Another great piece from Dr. Rummel
The good doctor Rummel has put something new on our reading list, The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror (New York: Public Affairs, 2004). Click the link to buy it from Amazon.
Interestingly, when I searched for the title in Amazon's site, I also found "The Case Against The Democratic State", Despite the title, this one is not against democracy per se, it just argues that democracy tends to enable socialism and to the extent that it does that it hinders freedom.
Strange as it may seem, both are true. Democracy is freer than Tyranny, but democracies have to always take caution not to over empower the state or they gravitate back toward tyranny.
Interestingly, when I searched for the title in Amazon's site, I also found "The Case Against The Democratic State", Despite the title, this one is not against democracy per se, it just argues that democracy tends to enable socialism and to the extent that it does that it hinders freedom.
Strange as it may seem, both are true. Democracy is freer than Tyranny, but democracies have to always take caution not to over empower the state or they gravitate back toward tyranny.
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