“Against Leviathan”

Robert Higgs:, “Against Leviathan”; specifically, it’s from Bob’s essay “Escaping Leviathan?”: “Scholars have been slow to appreciate that elections are and always have been for the most part a sham – a mere ceremony intended to make people believe they have some control over their fate even as they are mercilessly bullied, bamboozled, and fleeced by their rulers.”, from page 283 of the 2004 volume.