Don Boudreaux reflects on this at Cafe Hayek. A slice from Don's post (do read the whole thing, it is full of Don's characteristic wisdom and insight):
"I reject also the superstition that that particular political institution... is a faithful representative of that multitudinous and extraordinarily complex and diverse group of individuals commonly called “the American people.” Indeed, I go further and reject even the possibility that such a group of people can possibly ever have anything reasonably called “a representative” or an agent or agency that carries out its ‘will.’ (Groups of people have no ‘will.’ It is mistaken anthropomorphism to imagine otherwise.)"
"I feel no, I owe no, and I will never give any allegiance to any nation or any government as such. My allegiance is to whatever peoples and institutions promote human freedom, flourishing, and peace."
Well said. It is heartening to know that we share this world with such clear thinkers as Boudreaux and Caplan.
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