The wish for kings: democracy at bay
Lewis H. Lapham • Grove Press • ISBN-13 978‑0802114464
The wish for kings: democracy at bay
ISBN-10: 0802114466 · ISBN-13: 978‑0802114464 · 1993
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Argues that the current distaste for dissent, the widespread support for Perot, and the public obsession with celebrity reveal a desire for autocracy
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