Like it or not, history shows that taxes and bureaucracy are cornerstones of democracy

Cortez Deacetis

Picture: Xu Xianqin, Vice-Minister of Rites, overseeing the imperial civil company exam circa 1587, all through the Ming Dynasty. perspective more  Credit history: 余壬、吳鉞描繪,徐顯卿題詠, Community area, via Wikimedia Commons The media has been rife with tales about democracy in drop: the latest coup in Myanmar, the ascent of strongman Narendra Modi […]