The Queen Is Dead, Democracy Is Dying

09/16/2022 Jeff Deist Robert P. Murphy Ryan McMaken

With Queen Elizabeth II lying in state at Westminster Hall, hereditary monarchies are under attack as archaic & absurd. Has mass democracy in the West done any better? Ryan McMaken joins Jeff and Bob to discuss.

Read Ryan's Article on Monarchs: Mises.org/HAP361-1

Read Hoppe's Democracy: Mises.org/Democracy

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