Our National Psychosis
![Symposium with Ron Paul 2020](https://cdn.mises.org/styles/responsive_4_3_650w/s3/static-page/img/lakejackson_750x516_20201105.jpg.webp?itok=FfeKtOi3 650w,https://cdn.mises.org/styles/responsive_4_3_870w/s3/static-page/img/lakejackson_750x516_20201105.jpg.webp?itok=D430vR-D 870w,/s3/files/styles/responsive_4_3_1090w/s3/static-page/img/lakejackson_750x516_20201105.jpg.webp?itok=mLxIW3MQ 1090w,/s3/files/styles/responsive_4_3_1310w/s3/static-page/img/lakejackson_750x516_20201105.jpg.webp?itok=FG-mhMpN 1310w,/s3/files/styles/responsive_4_3_1530w/s3/static-page/img/lakejackson_750x516_20201105.jpg.webp?itok=u-TRK2hw 1530w)
Presented at the Symposium with Ron Paul on Saturday, 7 November 2020, in Angleton, Texas.
In a country of 330 million people, the idea that democracy produces outcomes that reflect “the consent of the governed… becomes entirely meaningless.”