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68: Robert Michels - The Iron Law of Oligarchy

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Parabolic Course of Democracy

Mikkel: As democracy continues to develop, a backwash sets in. He says with the advance of organization, democracy tends to decline. Mikkel: Most people want someone else to take care of things for them. Over time, that creates an aristocracy and then whoops so much for anarchy.

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