Our Endless State of "Emergency" and De Facto Dictatorship

Our Endless State of “Emergency” and De Facto Dictatorship

07/07/2020 Ryan McMaken

In America, the person who declared a state of emergency (and can renew the emergency endlessly) is the same person who then uses the emergency to rule by decree. F.A. Hayek once pointed out how absurd such a system is.

This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Original Article: “Our Endless State of “Emergency” and De Facto Dictatorship“.

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