Natan Sharanky?s The Case for Democracy on National Review Online

Natan Sharanky?s The Case for Democracy on National Review OnlineReading Shransky in English is a far more pleasant experience than reading a wooden translation of Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy. Yet Machiavelli said many similar things centuries ago. Today we only remember Machiavelli for describing despotism in the Prince. Machiavelli's point in the Prince was how fragile despotism was because it required absolute control and fear. If that control and fear failed one iota, the system would collapse. This is much the theme of the armed guard dropping his gun because his arms were too tired.