Government is Incomplete Conquest
... their electorates with choice. Cynics might object that, while elections give an electorate the feeling that they have choice,... ... of political debate. In those rare instances when an existing political order is challenged, such things as populist movements ... ... rights to an absolute sovereign who would ensure peace and order. John Locke put forward a more palatable view of the social contract,... ... elites of trade and commerce started out adamantly opposed to democracy. They feared and resisted extension of the franchise,...
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