Democracy

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes issue with Steven B. Smith’s portrayal of Abraham Lincoln as a “statesman” who was “America’s greatest president.”

Many socialists define socialism by their ideal goals rather than the process—the expansion of the taking mechanism of the coercive state.

Many socialists define socialism by their ideal goals rather than the process—the expansion of the taking mechanism of the coercive state.

Populists have spent the past decade rebelling against a political system they correctly recognize as rigged. But they keep focusing on its surface-level symptoms while ignoring the institution at its center.

Populists have spent the past decade rebelling against a political system they correctly recognize as rigged. But they keep focusing on its surface-level symptoms while ignoring the institution at its center.

Trump showed how effective it can be to simply declare success and let supporters believe it. Other politicians are taking notes, even as the problems they all pretend to have addressed continue to grow.

Trump showed how effective it can be to simply declare success and let supporters believe it. Other politicians are taking notes, even as the problems they all pretend to have addressed continue to grow.

Trump has made his family billions by courting foreign and corporate money and accepting extravagant gifts while in office. But he didn’t bring self-enrichment to Washington, he simply made it much harder to ignore.

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes on Daron Acemoglu’s What Happened to Liberal Democracy? Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity and finds it lacking in economic sense.

Modern mass democracy, especially when coupled with bureaucracy, creates uniquely powerful incentives for the production, consumption, and institutionalization of unreality.