Democracy Incorporated
by Sheldon S. Wolin · first published 2008
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…democracy is more-or-less sound." Sorry to tell you but... human beings are bad at reasoning: Science on reasoning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ On democracy http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverte...
on “Release of the Full TPP Text Confirms Threats to Users’ Rights” ↗Please gentleman try to read something. If you are playing at electoral politics, you understand very little. http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverte... http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Illusion-Literacy-Triumph-Spect... http://www.amazon.com/Death-Liberal-Class-Chris-Hedges/dp/15... Anyone in north america lives in a hard right fascist…
on “Is The Economist left- or right-wing?” ↗…Security Advisor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttv6n7PFniY Brezinski at a press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kmUS--QCYY The real news: http://therealnews.com/t2/ http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverte... http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Government-Surveillance-Securit... http://www.amazon.com/National-Security-Government-Michael-G... Look at the following graphs: IMGUR link - http://imgur.com/a/FShfb…
on “The world is not falling apart: The trend lines” ↗…That is hardly the most powerful position in America. Do you think Joe Biden is the most powerful person in America? LoL. Read Glennon's book National Security and Double Government, or Sheldon Wolin's Democracy Incorporated for a primer. You clearly don't grok ruling class ideology and discourse policing. Please don't mislead other people with these tired arguments about conspiracy theories. Although, there is plenty of…
on “Covid: Summary of lab-origin hypothesis” ↗…best zero dollars I spent all year. Behind that, I really enjoyed "White Noise" by Don Delillo, though I did have some problems with characterization (basically, all the characters were the author), and Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Part-One-Hugh-Howey-ebook/dp/B005... [2] http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-Silo-Saga-ebook/dp/B0071X...
on “Ask HN: What was the best book you read in 2013?” ↗…political power than their fellow citizen. This tension puts democracy on a gradient, one which I believe is currently and firmly seated in corporate command of political power. I recommend you go read Democracy Incorporated to add a little more clarity and contrast to your world view.
on “Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data” ↗It's not misuse - it's a political concept, described by Wolin, a well known and respected academic in the field most thoroughly in his book "Democracy Incorporated - Managed Inverted Totalitarianism": http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverte... I mean, if this is misuse, you'd better nix nihilism, liberalism, socialism, and all the rest, as…
on “Inverted totalitarianism” ↗>A prime example of Orwellian state in my opinion would be DPRK, or Cuba Prime example would be all western states where the electorate votes against it's own interests. http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverte...
on “Orwell and China: Nineteen Eighty-four in Chinese” ↗…too much attention imho. [0] For examples, see Walter Lippman's "Public Opinion", Edward Bernays' "Propaganda", Noam Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent", Jacques Ellul's "Propaganda", Sheldon Wolin's "Democracy Incorporated", Martin Gurri's "The Revolt of the Public", etc...
on “DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes” ↗Re: replacing functions of democratic government, this was already predicted in Democracy Incorporated almost 10 years ago now: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691178486/de...
on “Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy” ↗