Democracy is not a universal good, it is a political system, and like all political systems it is open to corruption. The word ‘democracy’ means ‘rule by the people’, not rule by a simple majority. To achieve rule by all the people, it used to be accepted that as much of civil life should be kept out of party politics as possible. A mixed constitution was one way of achieving this. By absorbing into itself the institutions of civil society, the modern democratic state has become an ever more pervasive ‘tyranny of the majority’ accountable to the electorate only once every few years. The powers it has assumed, together with the powers of corporations, represent a ‘new world order’ that respects neither freedom, the individual, the vulnerable nor, in a true sense, the rule of law.
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"The author knows a thing or two about fascism, and he brings a passionate reasoning to this analysis." -- Andrew Morrod, Daily Mail
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Growing up as the grandson of Sir Oswald, the 1930s blackshirt leader, made Ivo Mosley consider fascism with a deep and acutely personal interest, which has informed the writing in this book. He read Japanese at Oxford, and then pursued a career as a ceramicist, developing new techniques in high-temperature glazing. Now a full-time writer, he edited The Green Book of Poetry (Frontier Publishing, 1993), Earth Poems (Harper San Francisco, 1996), and Dumbing Down: Politics, Culture and the Mass Media (Imprint Academic, 2000). His musical Danny’s Dream was produced in York in 1999 and his new musical Science was showcased in London in 2003.
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'The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.' Read the first page
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Perceptive and concise. He is the son of "the" Mosley, which gives this book an additional layer of importance. The takeaway lesson is that "democracy" is not the antithesis of "fascism" but as we see today, is consistent with totalitarianism and the State. Only one niggle, is that "republican" forms of self-governance could have been explored a bit to present an alternative to the total State.
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