Tag: Democracy
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Propaganda as a Means of Protecting Corporate Power Against Democracy
I publish a lot of articles related to propaganda. And here’s another one đ The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy. There have been two…
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Our Demagogue in South Korea
The Current Situation in Korea – 18 March 1948, Declassified CIA Memo: The reports starts of with the following summary: US strategic interests would be seriously affected by the absorption of Korea into the Soviet orbit. The current political, economic, and military situation in the US and Soviet Zones, respectively, makes it unlikely that any…
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“We’re Not A Democracy” – US Senator
The U.S. has always been very open about their disdain for democracy. This loathing of democratic principles has been part of the very fabric of this nation since day one. Just read John Adams’ reasons for restricting democracy or James Madison’s ideas on “protecting the opulent minority against the tyranny of the majority” Recently, a…
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The Iron Law of Oligarchy by Robert Michels
It’s time for some RealPolitik! Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by the sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy. This work analyses the power structures of organizations such as political parties and trade unions. Michels’s main…
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CFR and State Department Discussions on “World Control”
Let’s talk RealPolitik. During WWII, it was internally assumed that the U.S. would emerge from the war as the worldâs dominant power. One of the primary war aims of the war was to organize a âGrand Areaâ to serve the needs of the American economy. In 1939, the U.S. State Department along with members of the Council…
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The One Constant in Communist, Capitalist, and/or Liberal Democratic Societies
Hi. I want to share an interesting theory about the modern world: Communist states and Liberal Capitalist societies are actually quite similar. At their core, they both share the theory of a privileged elite class who must rule over the masses. The systems are actually more alike than they are unalike. This is obviously an…
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Weyrich: If We Stop Them From Voting, We Win!
Dallas, 1980, Paul Weyrich, founding father of the U.S. conservative movement, address a Religious Right gathering and puts forth the following statement: Now, many of our Christians have what I call the âgoo-goo syndrome.â Good government. They want everybody to vote. I donât want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of…
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Dewey on the “Shadow Cast on Society by Big Business”
I was skimming my archive and came across this wonderful essay from Dewey. John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, democratic socialist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. A well-known public intellectual, he was also a major voice of progressive education and liberalism. John Dewey: The Later Works,…