Do the People Want a King?
I usually write a short introduction, but it seems to me that a blog post called "Do the People Want a King" needs no introduction.
We're up to Thomas Hobbes, a defender of absolute monarchy.
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Oh, and some news.
My upcoming book, Rebels, Robbers, and Radicals: The Story of the Bill of Rights, is a Junior Library Guild selection. I haven't received my certificate or the gold sticker that goes on the books, but I've been assured they are on their way.
Also, the first trade review (Kirkus Reviews) was quite positive. You can read it here.
Several million of them want a white supremacist society, and if a king/dictator gives them that, they’re fine w/the rest.
This - “People who have watched their country fall into the hands of a political party they despise representing ideas they think are wrongheaded might indeed prefer a rule-breaker who is willing go before them and fight their battles.” - is what we have in my view. Electing Trump as a “strong man” is the reaction of those who said about Obama “not my president”.