Tag Archives: Democracy

Rights, theft, and democracy

Posted on November 6, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

“When a legislature decides to steal some of our rights and plans to use police force to accomplish it, what’s the real difference between them and the thief? Darn little! They hide behind the excuse that they’re legislating democratically. The … Continue reading →

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Civil war ahead in these States?

Posted on November 4, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

In October, MSN presented a “thought piece” on line, “Is the US headed for another Civil War?” As is often the case with such stories, the analysis is shallow, filled with the written equivalent of talking heads, and of course … Continue reading →

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Republics, democracies, and the dangers of all human government

Posted on October 24, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

A correspondent shared this graphic with TPOL: All four of these men make an important point about “democracy.”(And by the way, make Winston Churchill into the liar and propagandist he so often was, claiming that ‘Many forms of Government have … Continue reading →

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Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Josef Stalin, and Adolf Hitler: democracy in action

Posted on July 18, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

In a recent commentary, we noted the famous quote about democracy usually attributed to Sir Winston. In November 1947 Winston Churchill delivered a speech to the U.K. House of Commons. He made a memorable remark about democracy, but he employed … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, California?

Posted on July 15, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Newsweek, one of the pitiful remnants of the print mainstream media, just before Independence Day published an article telling us that polls show that more Californians than ever (44% of those polled) want independence from the United States. Here at … Continue reading →

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Kleptocracy? Democracy?

Posted on June 27, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

We at TPOL are far from the only people to disparage the standard reference to both the FedGov and the Fifty State governments as being “democracies.” But there is absolutely no argument that as time proceeds, more and more the … Continue reading →

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Maine: harbringer of tyranny

Posted on May 25, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Folks, it ain’t just Congress … and “no American” includes even those who are members of these august bodies we call “legislatures” and “councils” and commissions. Every session seems to bring us that much closer to tyranny as they pass … Continue reading →

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The death of democracy?

Posted on March 9, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Warning: This commentary, even by libertarian standards, may be viewed as politically incorrect. We here at The Price of Liberty are definitely not fans of democracy. If we were facing its demise, we would certainly be on our knees thanking … Continue reading →

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Ancient government no different than the modern version

Posted on November 9, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

As we listen today to the media-inspired and politician-encouraged screams of how Americans’ rights have been taken away, how women are property and a hideous military (well, fascist) dictatorship has descended upon the American people? What are we to think? … Continue reading →

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The inflated worth of democracy

Posted on August 13, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Once upon a time, the US Army taught its new officers and enlisted troops that (1) the United States of America, under the Constitution of 1787, was a republic. A federal republic in which the federal government was the agent … Continue reading →

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