tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post3574004356289346851..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Jouvenel: Who Will Guard the Guards?David Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-66783034568966003862007-09-10T01:03:00.000-07:002007-09-10T01:03:00.000-07:00Having never read this work...It seems like the th...Having never read this work...<BR/><BR/>It seems like the thing to explore is why the elites sometimes have historically acted to limit the power of the state, and why they sometimes become one with it, as both have certainly occurred. The Magna Carta in England and possibly colonial America would be examples of the former. Modern corporate America and various European absolutist states, Louis XIV and Tzarist Russia perhaps, might be examples of the latter.<BR/><BR/>In short, I don't think we can immediately rule out the elites as a check on the state, because they have indeed functioned that way in the past.pacatruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125048243775811714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-15090535436060862222007-09-09T09:55:00.000-07:002007-09-09T09:55:00.000-07:00Rodney Peterson strikes again.Rodney Peterson strikes again.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347368506159692311noreply@blogger.com