It is widely believed that our government is a democracy, our economy built on free enterprise and private property. Both assumptions are mistaken. The former is actually something the founders recognized as evil and did their best to preempt. The latter has all but collapsed under the weight of an all-powerful fatherland.
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More on political philosophy:
- The Three Great Lies
- Rights — Civil vs. Natural
- Natural rights
- Political trends — moving beyond left and right
- A conservative divorce
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