International Dialogue
Abstract
Unfortunately, any discussion of Jason Brennan’s Against Democracy (2017), which seeks to make a case for epistocracy and against democracy, raises the “Don’t think of an elephant” problem (Lakoff 2004). If you tell people not to think of an elephant, they immediately think of an elephant. If you tell people not to think about epistocracy, they will immediately think about epistocracy. And this is a pity, because epistocracy is a terrible idea, and nothing Brennan says proves otherwise.
Recommended Citation
Stone, Peter
(2019)
"The Elephant in the Room: Against Democracy,"
International Dialogue: Vol. 9, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32873/uno.dc.ID.9.1.1168
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https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/id-journal/vol9/iss1/7
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