Charles Murray, an author who GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush recently named first when he was asked which books have had a big impact upon him, is not an elected official, so he is free to rail against democracy to his heart’s content. And that is exactly what he does in his new book, By The People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission.
Pay no attention to the title. Government “by the people” is the last thing Murray cares to see. Murray admits that the kind of government he seeks, a libertarian fantasy where much of our nation’s regulatory and welfare state has been dismantled, is “beyond the reach of the electoral process and the legislative process.” He also thinks it beyond the branch of government that is appointed by elected officials.
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King George’s Revenge
Murray is probably best known for co-authoring 1994’s The Bell Curve, a quasi-eugenic tract which argued that black people are genetically disposed to be less intelligent that white people. Yet, while The Bell Curve “practically spawned an entire field of scholarship devoted to debunking it,” Murray remains one of the most influential conservative thinkers in America today.
The Secular Jurist 
Murray is a racist, elitist ass, of course Jeb Bush would admire him. I keep thinking that, perhaps, his 15 minutes are up, but then, POW! I’m reminded he’s part of the 4th Reich movement to make America a land for only the wealthy and the white.
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Spot on commentary.
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The Hyper-Rich have already seized power.
Leslie
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True, but their lust for power is insatiable. The hyper-rich won’t stop until their insanity completely destroys the very system which supports them.
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Guess we’ve had fair warning now, unless Leslie is right. Anyone else remember the ‘good old days’ when greedy, bigoted creeps at least pretended to be human in public? well, that wasn’t great either. But I am thoroughly sick of having these bastards rip me off, spit in my face, and then demand that I take it and like it!
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Me too.
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So you elect Jeb, you forget democracy? I would like to see how that plays
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Far too many Americans have forgotten democracy already. Apathy and idjitry rule the land. We live in an oligarchy here, one which grows stronger each day, and most people simply don’t seem to give a shit.
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Idjits rule the world. And the majority don’t give a rat ass about it
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Obviously, Jeb would deny that charge… rhetorically.
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Politicians always say they have been misquoted to get away with anything
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