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Author: P. J. O'Rourke

📘 Don't vote, it just encourages the bastards by P. J. O'Rourke

America's most subversive conservative, O'Rourke describes government as a devil's bargain between power, freedom, and responsibility, and goes on to hilariously skewer the politicians who have bargained with us to consolidate power, and the many mini-bargains and evasions that citizens have made with the consequences of their choice.

First publish date: 2010

Authors: P. J. O'Rourke

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