Democrazia: il dio che ha fallito

Hoppe's argument is essentially a well-executed follow through of Etienne de la Boetie's call to "support [the tyrant] no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces." Hoppe does an excellent job extending th Leggi tutto

This is the second time that I read “Democracy the God that Failed”, by Hans-Herman Hoppe. The first time I gave it three stars. This time I upped its celestial rating by one star. It is a deep book. For most people it will be contrary to their sensibilities as proud Americans….and contrary to what Leggi tutto

This is one of those books whose central thesis falls apart if you look at actual history behind its idea, rather than what the author thinks is clearly the rational thing to do. To wit, Hoppe argues that monarchy was better than democracy because hereditary monarchs had more of an incentive to keep Leggi tutto

This book makes the case that 1) democracy, in the sense of mob rule, is a bad social order, as it inevitably leads to socialism 2) monarchy, particularly of the feudal and highly localized/informal model, is superior 3) a theoretical libertarian/anarcho-capitalist social order would be superior to

كتاب الديمقراطية الإله الذي فشل المؤلف هانز هيرمان هوبا. يتحدث هوبا عن الديمقراطية والملكية والنظام الطبيعي في كتابه هذا بشكل مفصل، لا فرق لديه بين النظام الجمهوري والملكية الدستورية من حيث تأثيرها وممارستها، إذ النظامين تحركهما الديمقراطية المستندة لكل فرد صوت، وإذ يذهب بعيدا في هذا الموضوع من خلال Leggi tutto

عنوان الكتاب وبعض أفكاره صادمة، أبان فيه المؤلف ثغرات الأنظمة الديمقراطية مع الاعتراف بأفضال الأنظمة الملكية... وهذا طرح غريب على الفكر الأوروبي... في المجمل لم يعجبني الكتاب وكنت أتوق إلى رميه جانباً... ربما بسبب الاسلوب الجاف والرتيب أو بسبب عدم وضوح الرؤية والمقصد. الفرد هو من يحدد معدل تفضيله الز Leggi tutto