The Demise of the West: Part II Western Elites Are Anti-Democratic Paul Craig Roberts It is customary to speak of Western countries as democracies. In actual fact, the countries are oligarchies in which voting, which conveys the semblance that government is accountable to the people, seldom changes anything as elected officials are constrained by the … Continue reading The Demise of the West: Part II –Western Elites Are Anti-Democratic