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 ... ... holding the guns and those managing the gun-holders. Foundations of legitimacy have varied greatly across the many kinds of regimes ... ... Americans for Freedom. They liked to say that "This is a Republic, not a democracy. Let's keep it that way." ...