Fear Not the Gallows, Ye Radicals

"To paraphrase Stephan Molyneux, empires grant a certain amount of liberty to their citizens in order to make us more happy, efficient, and productive, and thus encourage more economic growth--which they then exploit through taxation to expand their own profit and power. Likewise, it is more efficient to maintain a fa?ade of liberal democracy over other methods. If the people find it favorable, it makes it so much easier for the ruling class to claim and defend a sense of legitimacy--and thus maintain power and privilege." Column by Marcel Votlucka.