Are American Elites Killing Democracy?
I have often written about Friedrich Hayek’s Road to Serfdom as the most likely route America might travel to tyranny. Yet, there is another mechanism, the killing of a democracy … Read More
Tag: Populist Revolts
Articles concerning the revolt of ordinary people against the rule of elites, particularly dirigiste elites and particularly in the West.
Can the American People Ever Reunite?
In the short-term, no one can really expect Americans to become united as a nation again. That is because the differences between us are not merely the shallow ones produced by … Read More
Western Dirigiste Elites: The Creators of Western Political and Economic Dysfunction
A growing divide has been building for at least a decade between Western dirigiste elites and the peoples they purport to rule. This breach has become large enough to inspire … Read More
Is Populist Nationalism the Leftist Bogeyman?
The bogeyman is a mythical being used by parents since time immemorial to frighten unruly children into good behavior. “Be good, ” the parents would say, “or the bogeyman will … Read More
Has the Democratic Party Lost Its Edge?
Democratic Party workers watching the presidential election returns in shock on the night of November 8, 2016. Photo Credit: AP / Matt Rourke For a very long time, progressives have … Read More
Western Elites Still Stunned By Populist Revolts
Faces of American Populism: On the Left, Bernie Sanders Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore On the Right, Donald Trump Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore Western elites … Read More
The French Elite Is Snubbed
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, winners of the April 23, 2017 first round of the French presidential election, will face off in the second round on May 7, 2017. … Read More
Does the Populist Revolt of the West Against Its Elites Continue?
The major French presidential candidates for 2017. From Left to Right: Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Communist (Wikimedia Commons / MathieuMD), Emmanuel Macron, Center-Left En Marche! movement (Wikimedia Commons / Ecole polytechnique Université Paris), François … Read More
European Dirigisme Continues to Unravel
Italy’s Beppe Grillo, head of the Italian Five-Star Movement in 2012 Wikimedia Commons / Niccolò Caranti Last Sunday’s Italian constitutional referendum marks yet another step in the slow unraveling of … Read More