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	<title>Comments on: Our totalitarian democracy</title>
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		<title>By: James Wilson</title>
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		<dc:creator>James Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;When I stepped ashore in the United States, I discovered with amazement to what extent merit was common among the government but rare among the rulers.... the general and continuous course of government is beneficial even though the rulers are often incompetent and sometimes despicable. It often comes about that only those who feel inadequate in the conduct of their own business undertake to direct the fortunes of the state. It is not always the ability to choose men of merit which democracy lacks but the desire and inclination to do so.&quot;

&quot;I have made the distinction between two types of centralization; the one called governmental, the other administrative. The first exists solely in America; the second is almost unknown (there). In the United States, the majority, which often has despotic tastes and instincts, still lacks the most developed tools of tyranny. If the direction American societies (took)... combined the right of total command with the capacity of total execution... freedom would soon be obliterated in the New World.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;When I stepped ashore in the United States, I discovered with amazement to what extent merit was common among the government but rare among the rulers&#8230;. the general and continuous course of government is beneficial even though the rulers are often incompetent and sometimes despicable. It often comes about that only those who feel inadequate in the conduct of their own business undertake to direct the fortunes of the state. It is not always the ability to choose men of merit which democracy lacks but the desire and inclination to do so.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I have made the distinction between two types of centralization; the one called governmental, the other administrative. The first exists solely in America; the second is almost unknown (there). In the United States, the majority, which often has despotic tastes and instincts, still lacks the most developed tools of tyranny. If the direction American societies (took)&#8230; combined the right of total command with the capacity of total execution&#8230; freedom would soon be obliterated in the New World.&#8221;</p>
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