Bright Raven
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bball:
In his Lectures, Tytler displayed a cynical view of democracy in general and representative democracies such as republics in particular. He believed that "a pure democracy is a chimera", and that "All government is essentially of the nature of a monarchy"
I had never seen this stated but I have often thought that all government is essentially the same. Our Republic is about the same as Zimbabwe's Republic , our Republic is just more sophisticated. There corruption is open, here it is conducted in the disguise of campaign donations. The effect is the same.
In his Lectures, Tytler displayed a cynical view of democracy in general and representative democracies such as republics in particular. He believed that "a pure democracy is a chimera", and that "All government is essentially of the nature of a monarchy"
I had never seen this stated but I have often thought that all government is essentially the same. Our Republic is about the same as Zimbabwe's Republic , our Republic is just more sophisticated. There corruption is open, here it is conducted in the disguise of campaign donations. The effect is the same.