Comments on: There Is Nothing You Possess That Power Cannot Take Away https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2012/01/18/there-is-nothing-you-possess-that-power-cannot-take-away/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:26:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: jerry hamrick https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2012/01/18/there-is-nothing-you-possess-that-power-cannot-take-away/comment-page-1/#comment-8639 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:26:19 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1864#comment-8639 Listen to the words you used: “government, the Court, the Congress, the President, brutalist law enforcement, oligarchic license, and an open sanction to the use of military power at the whim of the executive.” Wow!

It is us vs. them.

The problem is the republican form of government. A “pure democracy” as Madison called it, and which he rejected, is the answer.

]]> By: Allen Riddell https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2012/01/18/there-is-nothing-you-possess-that-power-cannot-take-away/comment-page-1/#comment-8636 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:43:32 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1864#comment-8636 Seeing as Iceland is billing itself as a hub for press freedom, perhaps US-based researchers could find a sympathetic country to host formerly-public domain material? It’s only going to get easier to scan material.

]]> By: Western Dave https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2012/01/18/there-is-nothing-you-possess-that-power-cannot-take-away/comment-page-1/#comment-8634 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:13:19 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1864#comment-8634 I had to google the case. But once I did, I get it. Very nice piece. Wish I had read it this morning before I tried to explain rent-seeking to my 10th graders.

]]> By: Chris Smith https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2012/01/18/there-is-nothing-you-possess-that-power-cannot-take-away/comment-page-1/#comment-8632 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:05:22 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1864#comment-8632 Tim: This is flippin’ brilliant. Thank you!

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