The Death of Politics

<div class="group-left col-xs-4 col-xs-4 col-xs-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; position: relative; width: 147.984375px;"> <div class="image img-responsive border-secondary" style="border-top-color: rgb(56, 112, 158); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 8px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 100%;"> <img alt="Audio Essay" height="165" src="https://mises.org/sites/default/files/styles/list_teaser/public/static-page/img/Audio%20Essays_0.jpg?itok=-812IG_-" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 127.984375px;" title="Audio Essay" typeof="foaf:Image" width="240" /></div> <div class="tags" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; font-size: 11px; padding-top: 5px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/austrian-school/political-theory" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; text-decoration: none;">Political Theory</a></span></div> </div> <div class="group-right col-xs-8 col-xs-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 296px;"> <h2 class="teaser-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; font-family: crimson_text, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 23px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> <a href="https://mises.org/library/death-politics-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #38709e; text-decoration: none;">The Death of Politics</a></h2> <br /> <section class="group-date-author" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase;">MARCH 7, 2012&nbsp;</span><span class="author" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/profile/karl-hess" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; text-decoration: none;">Karl Hess</a></span></span></section>Originally published in Playboy in March 1969, this essay is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach. Music by Kevin MacLeod.</div> <div class="group-right col-xs-8 col-xs-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 296px;"> <br /></div> <div class="group-right col-xs-8 col-xs-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 296px;"> </div> <div class="group-right col-xs-8 col-xs-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 296px;"> <br /></div> <div class="group-right col-xs-8 col-xs-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 296px;"> <a href="http://mp3.anarchistphilosophies.com/deathofpolitics.mp3" style="background-color: #38709e; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-color: rgb(56, 112, 158); border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" title="The Death of Politics Karl Hess.mp3" type="audio/mpeg; length=37842556">Download audio file</a><br /> <div class="read-more" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-size: 13px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <a href="https://mises.org/library/death-politics-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">READ MORE</a></div> </div>