Preface to the German edition of "Democracy. The God That Failed."

Depois da habitual crítica à visão ingénua e parcial da história recente:

"Yet after more than 50 years of occupation and reeducation, themes and subjects are publicly discussed again in Germany, which do not easily fit the American world view and hence were taboo for a long time (even more so in defeated Germany than in the victorious USA): the bloodthirsty beginning of the modern USA with the military conquest, devastation, and lasting occupation of the secessionist South by the Union government in the second American War of Independence), the intentional entanglement of the USA in World War I, the fall of the Czar, the German and Austrian Kaiser and the Versailles peace dictate, the extent of the crimes of Lenin and Stalin and their role in the rise of Mussolini and Hitler, the friendly association between Roosevelt and Stalin and the decades-long communist takeover of all of Eastern and Middle Europe that resulted from it, the Allied terror bombing of German civilians and the American mistreatment of German prisoners of war, the delivery of Western prisoners of war to Stalin for execution, and the expulsion of millions of Germans."

A sua defesa da monarquia:

"In other words, we would be better off today as far as living standards and liberty are concerned than we actually are, if we had never adopted the American system.

Unlike democratic "caretakers" of "public goods," kings, as proprietors of these same goods, take a long-run view and are interested in the preservation or enhancement of capital values. They are considered personally responsible for their actions and bound by pre-existing laws. They are not the makers of law; they apply old and eternal law. Independent of popular elections, they have little need for demagoguery, redistribution and egalitarianism (the lack of which is all good for economic development). In sum, the monarchical state is comparatively moderate and mild: with low tax revenue and little invasive and oppressive."

Acabando por dizer que: "Notwithstanding some clear sympathy for classical monarchy, I am not a monarchist, however."

Um pequeno sinal dos tempos, referidos no Expresso desta semana: o Principado de Lichestein aprovou por referendo poderes hoje considerados "absolutos" ao seu Príncipe. A UE, parece que está preocupada.

Os seus habitantes têm a mais baixa incidência fiscal e um dos maiores níveis de vida do planeta (e isso inclui qualidade de vida) - até o Crítico o reconheceria.

Por sinal, terá a única Constituição que reconhece o Direito de Secessão de qualquer parte do seu já pequeno território.

Ainda a referência à razão do sucesso dos EUA e o que poderá explicar o seu declínio (que esperemos, seja revertido):

"The USA has always had a fundamental anti-statist opposition (and it is this fact alone, and the moderating or rather radicalizing intellectual influence of this opposition on American public opinion which lets America to this day stay ahead of European countries and in particular Germany). However, this opposition was faced with steady statist temptations and threats, and confronted with the Soviet Union and the Cold War it was increasingly confused, splintered and decimated."