No Matter How You Vote, Politicians Don't Represent You

2,825 views · Published 8 November 2018 · 10:20 · Indexed 25 September 2026

Channel: misesmedia · 2018 · News & Politics

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We're often told that submission to government edicts is "voluntary" because we have "representative" government. The evidence suggests, however, that politicians don't represent their constituents. Nor could they, even if they wanted to.

Ryan McMaken (Mises.org/McMaken) is the editor of Mises Wire and The Austrian.

Original article: https://mises.org/wire/no-matter-how-you-vote-politicians-dont-represent-you

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