Henry Home (Lord Kames) noted that the difference between absolute despotism, where all are equal except for…

Henry Home (Lord Kames) noted that the difference between absolute despotism, where all are equal except for one man, and absolute democracy, is simply one man. Democracy hides the one man behind the legal fiction of ‘popular sovereignty’. Populists swarm to fill the role. https://t.co/mRoTaO5IA0