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Macron – No taxation without representation

Macron – No taxation without representation The mass protests on the streets of French cities recall the first years of the American War of Independence. In the years before and during the American Independence Movement, the resentment that independence advocates harboured was that the Thirteen Colonies were obliged to pay taxes to the British Crown […]

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No Matter How You Vote, Politicians Don’t Represent You

No Matter How You Vote, Politicians Don’t Represent You One of the most foundational assumptions behind modern democracy is that the elected officials somehow represent the interests of those who elected them. Advocates for the political status quo flog this position repeatedly, claiming that taxation and the regulatory state are all morally legitimate because the […]

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“Representation” … and “Consent”

“Representation” … and “Consent” Democracy is an incredibly successful long con. It works because of theillusion of consent. People actually believe they are “represented.” And so, they accept impositions that would otherwise be intolerable, if imposed on them by a king or afuhrer or generalissimo. But when the “people” have decided… . Except of course, they’ve done no […]

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To Those Who Believe in Voting

To Those Who Believe in Voting Thoughts on the Least Important Decision People Make Every Four Years One morning years ago, as I entered the classroom for a course I taught on U.S. history, I found the students engaged in a discussion of elections. One of them, whom I knew to be a supporter of “progressive” […]

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