Finn Andreen

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12/13/2024 Mises Wire Finn Andreen

With the advent of representative democracy over a century ago in most of the West, the popular belief was that the “rule of the few” would be relegated to the dustbin of history. This never happened...

The Limits to Public Opinion and the Failure of Democracy

11/07/2024 Mises Wire Finn Andreen

It is not often admitted, but it is nevertheless the case, that the people can be never successfully represented politically. However, public opinion influences politics, at times even strongly. In...

Why Democracy Has Such Staying Power

10/10/2024 Mises Wire Finn Andreen

As has often been noted, “majority rule” in the political sense does not exist in the way it is presented by the dominant institutions of Western so-called “democracies.” The Western public’s...

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The Limits to Public Opinion and the Failure of Democracy

12/09/2024 Finn Andreen

The watchword among progressives this election season is: “Nothing less than our democracy is at stake.” In truth, democracy itself is not in danger, but one can accurately say that “democracy,” as practiced in the US, endangers our lives.

Why Democracy Has Such Staying Power

11/06/2024 Finn Andreen

Democracy, or at least the “democracy” that ensures the “right people” are elected, is the religion of American progressives. Despite its obvious failures, however, progressives claim that democracy is the Holy Grail of governance. Why people believe this is another question.

Draghi’s Globalist EU Speech Urges Concentration of Power

07/12/2024 Finn Andreen

What began as supposedly a free trade union has been turning into an authoritarian, interventionist nightmare. A recent speech by a top European Union commissioner shows the sad direction the EU is heading.

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