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On Democracy: Against elections

Nicholas Gruen
February 26, 2015February 26, 2015
Some readers of this blog with know my preoccupation with the shortcomings of Vox Pop Democracy. Here are some aphorisms from David Van Reybrouck who's...
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Daniel Ellsberg on life and groupthink

Nicholas Gruen
February 26, 2015February 26, 2015
HT Paul Monk who cites this as one of his favourite passages. It's now one of mine. And a nice explanation of how easy it...

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