Category Archives: Democracy

Republic vs Democracy

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Luke Ford

Firefighter John Aldieri posts: “By definition, a republic is a representative form of government that is ruled according to a charter, or constitution, and a democracy is a government that is ruled according to the will of the majority. Although … Continue reading →

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The Ideology of Democratism

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Luke Ford

Emily B. Finley writes in this 2022 book: * democratism is a hypothetical or ideal conception of democracy that is only tenuously connected to the actual, historical desires of real popular majorities. * Democratism can perhaps best be summed up … Continue reading →

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Liberal Democracy 3.0: Civil Society in an Age of Experts (4-5-22)

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Luke Ford

From the 2003 book by Stephen Turner, Liberal Democracy 3.0: Civil Society in an Age of Experts: * In Liberal Democracy 3.0, the slow transformation is from a politics of sovereign citizens to a politics of diffused experts, in which … Continue reading →

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The information tsunami that rolled over the elites

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Luke Ford

Martin Gurri writes: The mass movements that challenged democracy in the last century were erected on Taylorist principles. All appealed to science. All were controlled like machines from the top by a “vanguard” who represented the future. At the same … Continue reading →

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Is Democracy Nationalist?

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Luke Ford

An essay from the New Zealand New Right: Both Alain De Benoist and Tomislav Sunic have written on democracy and Carl Schmitt’s interpretation of the concept. Both agree that, by Schmitt’s definition, democracy is, surprisingly enough, not anti-nationalist. According to … Continue reading →

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