The presidency is presumed to be the embodiment of Rousseau’s general will, with far more power than any monarch or head of state in pre-modern socie… - Lew Rockwell
" "The presidency is presumed to be the embodiment of Rousseau’s general will, with far more power than any monarch or head of state in pre-modern societies. The US presidency is the apex of the world’s biggest and most powerful government and of the most expansive empire in world history. As such, the presidency represents the opposite of freedom. It is what stands between us and our goal of restoring our ancient rights.
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Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. (born 1 July 1944), known as Lew Rockwell, is an American libertarian political commentator, economist of the Austrian School and activist.
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