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Lew Rockwell kindly posted the Introduction chapter of Attention Deficit Democracy<\/strong><\/a> on his website today.<\/p>\n

Following is the introduction to\u00a0I parsed for the posting –<\/p>\n

Is American democracy in a death spiral? Why do Americans tolerate so many lies and abuses from their rulers? Why have Americans permitted the U.S. government to shred their rights? Why have so many people been willing to assume that foreign empire and presidential supremacy are the highest forms of American freedom? Why are politicians not held liable for conning the nation into wars that leave scores of thousands of people dead and maimed? Why do most Americans not recognize that Leviathan Democracy will be the end of individual liberty?<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

I wrestle with these and other questions in my new book.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lew Rockwell kindly posted the Introduction chapter of Attention Deficit Democracy on his website today. Following is the introduction to\u00a0I parsed for the posting – Is American democracy in a death spiral? Why do Americans tolerate so many lies and abuses from their rulers? Why have Americans permitted the U.S. government to shred their rights? 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