The rational public thesis argues that
a. people are smarter than their rulers.
b. democratic publics usually prefer peace to war.
c. democratic publics usually pressure their leaders into war.
d. war is sometimes rational.
Question 2
Immanuel Kant anticipated that democracies would be more peaceful because
a. most people did not gain from war.
b. the dispersion of power would make going to war difficult.
c. most democracies are also capitalist.
d. the will usually be more powerful than nondemocracies.
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