Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-sel — Giuseppe Prezzolini
Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-sel — Giuseppe Prezzolini
Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-sel — Giuseppe Prezzolini
Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-sel — Giuseppe Prezzolini
Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-sel — Giuseppe Prezzolini
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Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-selected, self-perpetuating, and self-serving traditional ruling class.

— Giuseppe Prezzolini
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