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Friday, July 15, 2005

Democracy
Discrediting Democracy, "the god that failed" as Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe* called it, is one of my favorite topics. Two stories on the theme caught my today:

First, here's one point of view from a Korean (in English) on the so-called "Participatory Government" of President Roh: [LETTER TO THE EDITOR]Let the elite decide.

Second, while I don't agree with everyting author Zahari Varbanov says in this article, he makes some good points: The Democracy Trap: [Analysis] Today's most pressing problems call for an alternative to one of our most hallowed ideas.

* His book is available in Korean: