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    My Humble Take on Yesterday

    November 5, 2025

    Demos Kratia #11 On December 22, 1757 the latest issue of Gentleman’s Magazine carried this from a irate correspondent: “If the Legislature don’t speedily use some method effectually to suppress the present spirit of rioting, which is become general among the lower sort of people …, there will be no protection from the plundering of […]

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    Demos Kratia 9 – The Fall of the Technocracy?

    October 29, 2025

    Barbara Tuchman, who knew a bit about history, tells us that a ruler’s authority during the fourteenth century rested on a sort of social contract.  In her words: “Its basis and justification remained the duty to protect, as embodied on the lord’s oath to his vassals, which was as binding in theory as theirs to […]

    Politics / capitalism, democracy, Martin Wolf, plutocracy /

    Demos Kratia 8: Populism Sucks, Apparently

    October 26, 2025

    Oh dear. We have a problem. It’s the mob.  They’re causing difficulties.  Every so often the masses get it into their head that they ought to be paid attention to.  Then all hell breaks loose and we get a dose of populism. And we all know just how evil that is. Chaos sets in and […]

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