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Democracy

Democracy (Libertarian columnists)
Ideas on the theory of democracy.


Ignorance & Apathy - Twin Threats to Liberty
by Alexander Massa (libertarian)
Published: November 5, 2009
Ignorance and apathy among the citizenry has dire consequences for the Republic.


REPUBLIC DUMMY!
by The Real Liberal (libertarian)
Published: June 15, 2009
I would like to address the kids of America, this country is not a Democracy. And if it was, we would be in utter chaos!


The Oppression of Democracy
by Jay (libertarian)
Published: June 3, 2009
Our country was not founded as a democracy. The tyranny of democracy is causing strife between factions of society. Excessive school taxes and government growth have been the product of democracy.


Illinois Citizens Deserve Corrupt Government
by Joel S. Hirschhorn (libertarian)
Published: December 12, 2008
When Illinois voters went against having a state constitutional convention this past election they really voted to keep their corrupt, dysfunctional political system.


Chavez loses ground in latest regional elections
by Jonathan Cymberknopf (libertarian)
Published: November 24, 2008
The opposition gains ground in Venezuela despite Chavez and his tactics


Utah's New Minority Freshman Citizens
by Gary Wood (conservative libertarian)
Published: November 11, 2008
In Utah's Congressional District 3 the voters ousted incumbent Congressman Chris Cannon during the primaries with Republican Jason Chaffetz becoming the eventual winner of the race and heading to Congress as a Freshman Representative, making those living in the district nothing more than freshman citizens, a situation repeated in several House and Senate races across the country. Since Mr. Chaffetz is a Republican and the Democrats hold a majority in both the Senate and the House we are also minority freshmen. Are you awakening to this same reality?


Mock the Vote
by David Heleniak (libertarian)
Published: October 24, 2008
Voting is not a sacrament. And as it stands today, when we're only given a choice between two Establishment approved candidates, voting is a joke.


The Age of World Wars, Part One
by Seneca (conservative libertarian)
Published: August 23, 2008
No one can say today whether any of these powers will still be in existence in their present form by the middle of the 21st century. United States, a region more than a State, a fashion in outlook more than an example of perseverance, England's outlook shaped by the 1933 Oxford Student Union "proclamation" and limited to her island, France nearly a Communistic dictatorship of a clique under a facade of democratic pageantry, Germany a country of dreamers unable to escape the petty consequences of its provincial outlook going back to the breakup of the Medieval Reich.. but this dilapidated situation marking a lack of fitness for tasks of Statehood has its origins in a crisis which has steadily been evolving for the past 250 years - and its final peripeteia (complication) is yet to explode on the World scene.


We Need More Direct Democracy
by Joel S. Hirschhorn (centrist liberal libertarian)
Published: July 28, 2008
The failure of our representative democracy creates urgency for more direct democracy.


Bad ballot design problems
by Darryl W. Perry (libertarian)
Published: July 21, 2008
A reply to the Brennan Center & USA Today


Democratic Despotism
by Steven M. Paquin (libertarian)
Published: July 20, 2008
The vice of majority rule.


Illinois GOP Opposes Direct Elections
by Bishop on Air dot com (libertarian)
Published: June 8, 2008
The issue of direct elections for Illinois Central Committee members is a heated one. There was sizable support both for and against direct elections.


I, Emma Goldman, Publicly Renounce 19th Century Anarchism
by Emma Goldman (libertarian)
Published: June 7, 2008
I, Emma Goldman, with the internet global community as my witness, hereby give up and forever renounce that sound-good but ultimately false 19th century notion of anarchy that 'I' created.


Mike Gravel's National Initiative for Democracy
by rtbohan (libertarian)
Published: March 29, 2008
Mike Gravel has enetered the race for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. His policies include more than opposition to the war.


God Bless Ralph Nader
by Joel S. Hirschhorn (centrist liberal libertarian)
Published: February 28, 2008
Ralph Nader is more than an advocate for consumers; he fights for American democracy.


Happy Birthday Governor Siegelman
by Mike Foster (libertarian)
Published: February 25, 2008
Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, currently in prison, received a birthday present from CBS, but many Alabamians were denied the chance to see it.


Everything We Debate Is a Red Herring Unless...
by Ivan from Oregon (libertarian)
Published: February 13, 2008
Unless we fix the voting system and the vote-counting system, it's all just hot air - we'll never be free. We don't have much time.


Money, Banks and Democracy: The reality beneath the ideological fantasies
by J. Todd Ring (centrist liberal libertarian)
Published: February 3, 2008
Money, currency, banks, the FED - these are subjects little understood and of the greatest significance. Here is a very brief introduction to the reality beneath the fantasies and spin.


Libertarianism: Right and Left
by J. Todd Ring (centrist liberal libertarian)
Published: January 31, 2008
There is more to libertarianism than is generally assumed. What is referred to as libertarianism in the media, as well as by most libertarians, is libertarianism of the right. Well, there is another side. Here is an overview.


The "Change" Campaign Slogan
by R.K. Chase (libertarian)
Published: January 31, 2008
Real change must start with our system of government, not policy.


WHY OUR DEMOCRACY is not desired around the world!
by Harry Tugwell (libertarian)
Published: January 30, 2008
We have deviated so far from the principals of our Constitution! We can not SELL our democracy, so we are trying to FORCE it on countries with wars and bribes. To sell democracy, we must lead by example. Superior products sell well, inferior products do not.


Ron Paul's Latest Money Bomb, The Media Brown Out, And The Big Ironic Fatty
by Scott from Oregon (libertarian)
Published: January 22, 2008
It Is High Time To Incorporate The Media Into The Movement Whether They Want To Be In It Or Not...


Anarchy
by Edward Townes (libertarian)
Published: January 17, 2008
My thoughts on the ideal 'system' of governance


The Magus of American Democracy
by Larry Ward (libertarian)
Published: January 13, 2008
“We have got to face the reality that liberal democracy is the most demanding of all political faiths … That is its price. That is also its glory. For, believe it or not, there are such things in the world as morality, as law, as conscience, as a noble concept of humanity, which, once awake, are stronger than all ideologies.” -Dorothy Thompson - 1934


Democracy Is Impossible
by Alex Strekal (libertarian)
Published: January 6, 2008
A practical criticism of political democracy.


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