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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool” (As You Like It)

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Paul Evans

The spectacle of politics; its not the same thing as ‘democracy’

I posted this over on Medium earlier:

Here’s the pull-quote:

…in virtual politics, we are hurtling towards the kind of direct democracy in which philosophers will be forced to drink hemlock at the whim of the masses.

This entry was posted in Collective Action, Democracy, Representative Democracy and tagged Virtual politics on September 30, 2015 by Paul Evans.

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