Mientras que llamar a Trump «Hitler» y «amenaza para la democracia» son epítetos aparentemente aceptables para Facebook, un recuerdo del artículo de Bovard «Democracia dictatorial» fue considerado inaceptable por Facebook.
Democracy, or at least the “democracy” that ensures the “right people” are elected, is the religion of American progressives. Despite its obvious failures, however, progressives claim that democracy is the Holy Grail of governance. Why people believe this is another question.
When the bankers called for a central bank in the US, they claimed to only want a way to stop bank runs. It turns out that they wanted—and got—much more. The permanent regime of inflation and asset bubbles is the result.
As Murray Rothbard often noted, freedom of association is a fundamental right, what he called a “subset of private property rights.” Unfortunately, our modern cancel culture has taken aim at this right, taking away the voluntary nature of human interaction.
As American culture becomes dominated by militant feminism, a new voting group of dissenters is arising: young male voters. These are young men that believe that the system is stacked against them, which is why Trump's populism appeals to them.
One sign of a fraying society is that its laws increasingly become political tools. The latest round involves Democrats trying to use criminal law in a very questionable way to try to put Donald Trump in prison, while Trump promises to retaliate if he is elected.
El teórico político Anthony de Jasay se enfrenta a las ideas de la izquierda sobre la igualdad, y David Gordon está allí para estar de acuerdo —y en desacuerdo. Jasay compara la visión de la izquierda sobre la igualdad con el truco de la cuerda india.
En menos de una semana, los votantes elegirán supuestamente a un nuevo presidente. Sin embargo, ¿tendrá integridad el proceso o sólo será una farsa en la que se rellenarán urnas en recintos clave?
¿Cómo se ve una «democracia sana»?
El clamor de las figuras de los medios de comunicación del establishment tras la decisión del Washington Post y Los Angeles Times de no apoyar a un candidato presidencial demuestra hasta qué punto han perdido el contacto con lo mucho que confiamos en ellos.
