Democracy – The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy and Natural Order (Perspectives on Democratic Practice) cover
Democracy – The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy and Natural Order (Perspectives on Democratic Practice)
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
ISBN: 0765808684
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yucky · 2022-11-01 · Original thread
Here's a good one: https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Economics-Politics-Perspect..., but there are many.
Democracies can't work, as they're managed by politicians with low time preferences, which means that in order to get elected they'll promise and pass laws and regulations that make the government always spend more than what they make through taxes, disregarding long-term effects. That process generates debt.

Democracies inevitably end up achieving state bankruptcy through excessive debt. Regardless, that debt has to be paid by the population, so in that perspective democracy is a poverty generation engine.

For more on that topic: https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Economics-Politics-Perspect...

Or:

    Voting legitimizes whatever atrocities your government commits     Symbolism is important: withdraw consent     Voting is the same as not voting, but with more time wasted     Dispiriting to other people, who have to tolerate the charade     Not materially adding to any percentages     Legitimizing the system by submitting to it's theatrical demands     Thinking independently etc. 
Recommended:

http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-The-God-That-Failed-Economic...

da02 · 2012-11-27 · Original thread
You can read the conclusions at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Economics-Politics-Monarchy-...

The full intro. chapter is available free: http://mises.org/hoppeintro.asp