01785cam a22003373u 4500 73150 UtSlPG 20260610134707.0 m cr n 260607r20241926utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 26019033 UtSlPG en iso639-1 JC Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 Notes on democracy Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2024 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_on_Democracy Release date is 2024-03-12 Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Notes on Democracy" by H. L. Mencken is a political critique published in 1926. The book dissects democracy's failures, dividing political leaders into two types: demagogues who deceive idiots with lies, and demaslaves who pretend to believe those same idiots. Mencken portrays politicians as men who've traded honor for power. This fierce polemic attacks the democratic tradition through ridicule, though critics note Mencken's contrast between sordid reality and his imagined ideal society reveals the work's central weakness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926 Democracy https://archive.org/details/notesondemocracy0000menc https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73150 113875 113875