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George Siemens wrote:
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style="font-size: 11pt;">What books or texts would list members
suggest as “must reads” on topics of democracy, equality, and personal
liberty in relation to the state? I’m familiar with the usual crowd:
Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Hamilton, Paine, Tocqueville, Schumpeter, etc. <br>
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Hmmmm...<br>
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'The Struggle for Democracy', Patrick Watson<br>
'Civilisation', Kenneth Clark<br>
'Cosmos', Carl Sagan (esp. 'Who Speaks for Earth')<br>
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'Voltaire's Bastards' and 'The Collapse of Globalism', John Ralston Saul<br>
'The Assault on Reason', Al Gore<br>
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'Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics', Warren Kinsella <br>
'On the Take', Stevie Cameron<br>
'No Logo', Naomi Klein<br>
'Manufacuring Consent', Noam Chomsky<br>
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-- Stephen<br>
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George</span></font>
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