“With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral.”
— James Bovard
Author: James Bovard
Category: fear
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“The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.”
— James Bovard
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Category: legal
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“If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.”
— James Bovard
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Category: government
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“People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.”
— James Bovard
Author: James Bovard
Category: government
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“It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights.”
— James Bovard
Author: James Bovard
Category: government
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“It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had.”
— James Bovard
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Category: freedom
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“The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.”
— James Bovard
Author: James Bovard
Category: equality
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“As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board.”
— James Bovard
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Category: fear
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“The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.”
— James Bovard
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Category: relationship
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“Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.”
— James Bovard
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Category: power
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“The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.”
— James Bovard
Author: James Bovard
Category: fear
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