Soft Despotism with Paul Rahe

Paul Rahe discusses the danger a consolidation of government poses for the people of the United States, the psychological disposition that makes democratic peoples vulnerable to servile temptation, and the institutions that once in some measure shielded Americans from these propensities.

Recorded on Thursday, November 19, 2009

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Paul Rahe

Paul Rahe

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