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Reed Fagan
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Government of the Democracy in America.
"It is...difficult for the lower classes to discern the best means of attaining [what they] desire. [M]uch acquired knowledge [is] requisite to form a just estimate...of a single individual....The ppl have neither the time nor the means for an invstgtn of this kind. Their conclsns are hastily formed.... Hence it often happens that mountebanks...are able to please the ppl...."
— May 23, 2026 06:07PM
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"It is...difficult for the lower classes to discern the best means of attaining [what they] desire. [M]uch acquired knowledge [is] requisite to form a just estimate...of a single individual....The ppl have neither the time nor the means for an invstgtn of this kind. Their conclsns are hastily formed.... Hence it often happens that mountebanks...are able to please the ppl...."
Reed Fagan
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Political Associations in the US.
T thinks political associations (I think as granted by the freedom of assembly) are potentially threatening in that they can freely challenge the laws of the elected officials in Congress and even encourage the breaking of laws they dislike, but ultimately in a democracy they are not fatal to the government b/c they eventually inspire better representation or voting in new leaders.
— May 23, 2026 05:51PM
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T thinks political associations (I think as granted by the freedom of assembly) are potentially threatening in that they can freely challenge the laws of the elected officials in Congress and even encourage the breaking of laws they dislike, but ultimately in a democracy they are not fatal to the government b/c they eventually inspire better representation or voting in new leaders.
Reed Fagan
is on page 191 of 920
Liberty of the Press in the US.
T has much to say re: a free press, stating a democracy must have it, but he also thinks thru it much b.s. gets espoused & thus it's inherently problematic. I dislike his tone but must say he's not wrong.
On p. 189 he elaborates on one of my favorite truths of human growth: order, disorder, re-order. Worth checking out.
— May 21, 2026 08:21PM
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T has much to say re: a free press, stating a democracy must have it, but he also thinks thru it much b.s. gets espoused & thus it's inherently problematic. I dislike his tone but must say he's not wrong.
On p. 189 he elaborates on one of my favorite truths of human growth: order, disorder, re-order. Worth checking out.
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Introduction [by the Hon. John T. Morton]✔️
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Introduction [by the Hon. John T. Morton]✔️
