These are the same people who will tell the public, in relation to an ID cards database, that if they have nothing to hide then they have nothing to fear. So why were they so anxious to hide things f… (View Post)

I had the exact same reaction to those numbers. Uncanny. (View Post)

It's also an argument for using an element of sortition in the governance structure as a check on the overly ambitious types otherwise dominating it. (View Post)

Is that because less of the British elite are implicated, whereas in the US there's a closing of the ranks because almost the entire elite are implicated - so a general effect you might see rega… (View Post)

I'm not sure that George III was a great mover on policy wrt America. I'd lay the blame foursquare on Parliament. Interesting that by the late 18th century it was easier to rally opposition… (View Post)