“Characteristically, however, the overthrow of the dictator simply means that there will be another dictator. ... the policies they follow will probably not be radically different. If we look around the world, we quickly realize that these policies will not be radically different from those that would be followed by a democracy either.” IfsWorldLooksMeanDifferentWould BeRealizingDemocracyPolicyTyrannyAround The WorldDictator Book:Autocracy Source: Autocracy
“A much more radical conclusion . . . that, so far as I know, is shared by only a very few students of public choice [is]: that government employees or people who draw the bulk of their income from government by other means should be deprived of the vote . . . It is another example of the opening up of alternatives for investigation and the presentation of new conceivable policy options characteristic of public choice, rather than a policy that all its students favor.” PeopleKnowsShouldMeanGovernmentChoicesPolicyExampleStudentsDrawsVoteFavorsIncomeOpeningConclusionRadicalAlternativesCharacteristicsEmployeeInvestigationDeprivedPresentationOpening UpGovernment Employees Author:Gordon Tullock
