Collapse of a republic
Liberty For All
by Rob Natelson
04/26/10
A constitutional republic that had endured for centuries was now breaking down. The signs were everywhere. Constitutional limits on political power were dissolving; politicians were increasingly demagogic and unrestrained. Magistrates secured the passage of sweeping laws by evading normal legislative procedures. Large portions of the citizenry now depended on plunder seized by those politicians and distributed to their supporters...
http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=4179
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=constitutional+republic
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=political+power
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rob+Natelson
by Rob Natelson
04/26/10
A constitutional republic that had endured for centuries was now breaking down. The signs were everywhere. Constitutional limits on political power were dissolving; politicians were increasingly demagogic and unrestrained. Magistrates secured the passage of sweeping laws by evading normal legislative procedures. Large portions of the citizenry now depended on plunder seized by those politicians and distributed to their supporters...
http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=4179
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=constitutional+republic
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=political+power
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rob+Natelson
rudkla - 27. Apr, 09:43
