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Obama, American Hierarchic Democracy, Humanity

By Ted Honderich.

Published by The International Journal of the Humanities

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American democracy is hierarchic democracy. The American people, of course, like any other, is for general purposes rightly thought about in terms of classes somehow understood -- as Americans themselves have lately been saying. The fundamental classes surely are neither equal nor free in choosing and influencing their government. They are instead a hierarchy, ranked from top to bottom.

Keywords:	American Democracy, hierarchic democracy

The International Journal of the Humanities, Volume 6, Issue 12, pp.37-42. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 545.828KB).

Prof. Ted Honderich

Grote Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind & Logic, University College London, Visiting Professor University of Bath, UK

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