Soft despotism with Paul Rahe
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Uploaded by HooverInstitution on Nov 23, 2009
Peter Robinson, Hoover research fellow, interviews Paul Rahe on Hoover's vidcast program, Uncommon Knowledge. Rahe holds the Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in Western Heritage at Hillsdale College and he is the author most recently of Soft Despotism, Democracys Drift.
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RUBENSolol 1 month ago
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zsezse215 3 months ago
Prescient words from Professor Rahe at 34:24, one year before the (political) tsunami of 2010
anangbhai 9 months ago
"Inquietude" (noun, from French) - feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
mowgly3000 10 months ago
"We are now in the grips of a meddling impulse." "Soft despotism comes when government gives a helping hand to people." "We think we know better than other people." Rahe sums up the Nanny State perfectly. Liberty dies when the people fall asleep. Freedom and despotism are born from the character of the people: leaders rise up from the nation; they don't come down from heaven. This explains the crisis in democracy today; society is losing its virtue and exchanging citizenship for subjection.
AchillesShield 1 year ago
Hillsdale college is an impressive institution.
gregvs3 1 year ago
An absolutely brilliant discussion! I now have renewed hope about America's future!!!
welovesarahpalin 1 year ago
@restlys You are a subject. Not a citizen. Please get out of the way of the revolution.
LibertyandEconomics 1 year ago
the vagueness and broad strokes which people paint with on this show about americans, universities, people, PHD's, etc. is astounding. The idea of successfully classifying all of them and knowing what they think and want is stupid and an overreach in the highest degree. Where is the supposed respect for individuals which these republican hacks say they cherish?
CNTloyalist 2 years ago
thank you for your concern....altho having premiers coming here for heart problems doesnt say much about what you have. if you are not responsible for your health/well being, retirement and job marketability...what is it exactly you are responsible for? seems to me your job is to fund government....fact is take back all your taxes dedicated to sustaining someone else and put it away, 90% would have more than they need with the ability to give charity to the worthy in their own community.
lukyll 2 years ago