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Notes on Democracy by enormously influential journalist and cultural critic H. L. Mencken is an incisive and astonishingly timely critique of democracy. Mencken is not opposed to democracy but in his powerful, unabashed polemic, he calls out its inherent and unavoidable fragility... Read Full Overview

Notes on Democracy is a harsh critique of democracy. The book places political leaders into two categories: the demagogue, who "preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots" and the pandering politician, "who listens to what these idiots have to say... Read Full Overview

2022 Reprint of the 1926 First Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Notes on Democracy is a harsh critique of democracy. The book places political leaders into two categories: the demagogue, who "preaches doctrines... Read Full Overview

Notes on Democracy is a 1926 book by American journalist, satirist, cultural critic H. L. Mencken.

Notes on Democracy is a critique of democracy. The book places political leaders into two categories: the demagogue, who "preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men... Read Full Overview

Notes on Democracy by H. L. Mencken is a sharp, irreverent, and fearless dissection of democratic ideals from one of America's most provocative minds. Written in the 1920s--yet stunningly relevant today--Mencken strips the romanticism from democracy and exposes its contradictions,... Read Full Overview

Notes on Democracy is a 1926 book by American journalist, satirist, cultural critic H. L. Mencken.

Notes on Democracy is a critique of democracy. The book places political leaders into two categories: the demagogue, who "preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men... Read Full Overview

"Democracy came into the Western World to the tune of sweet, soft music. There was, at the start, no harsh bawling from below; there was only a dulcet twittering from above."

When H. L. Mencken wrote Notes on Democracy the country was coping with the aftermath of World... Read Full Overview

"Democracy came into the Western World to the tune of sweet, soft music. There was, at the start, no harsh bawling from below; there was only a dulcet twittering from above."

When H. L. Mencken wrote Notes on Democracy the country was coping with the aftermath of World... Read Full Overview

"Democracy came into the Western World to the tune of sweet, soft music. There was, at the start, no harsh bawling from below; there was only a dulcet twittering from above."

When H. L. Mencken wrote Notes on Democracy the country was coping with the aftermath of World... Read Full Overview