By supplanting the family in caring for the young and the old, not only does the state increase the role it plays in society here and now, it also erodes the competency of the family in the long term.
According to Brown, Hayek's position against mass democracy is not to be argued against but diagnosed. It is wrong because "democracy" is good—obviously.
Do we support the "occupation" of the Senate Chamber as an expression of righteous anger over the feeling that the election was stolen? Not really, because it will not achieve anything.
