[B-Chan]

As soon as you grant the state anything, Hoppe argues, you have given it everything. There can be no such thing as "limited government," because there is no way to control an entity that in principle enjoys a monopoly of power (and can simply expand its own power)

Finally, finally, somebody who gets it. Thank you for posting and pinging, KC. Obviously, as a monarchist myself I couldn't agree more.

[KC Burke]

The changing forms of acceptable representation in government aren't spoken of in this otherwise fine article on this book.

In days of yore, the citizen free-holder in various lands thought of his soverign or aristocrat as being more worthy of representing him because he distrusted (rightly in most cases) the ability, constancy or independence of motive of his peers. His "participation" in the particapatory aspects of his age was in support of those so vested.

In our modern "particapatory" representation we have devolved from Deliberative Representation to a desire for Pliebistitory Delagate, and sometimes further, to desires to personally attend to every issue with the whim of the moment and the command of the democratic demogogue.