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It is a historical fact that powerful elites do not wish to be diverted from pursuing their selfish interests by the public. Minimal, unthreatening expressions of dissent may be tolerated in ostensible ‘democracies’. But public opinion needs to be managed, manipulated or, if necessary, simply ignored. After all, as Noam Chomsky has said, real ‘democracy is

They wrote that we still have the “features” of democracy, like elections, but ended their paper with this cautionary note:

Like an alcoholic family that won’t discuss alcoholism (proving Don Quixote’s warning never to mention rope in the home of a man who’s been hanged), far too many Americans are unwilling to acknowledge or even discuss the ongoing collapse of democracy in the United States.We see it in everything from...

Ariel Lawhon, who has two book appearances Tuesday in La Jolla, is the author of the bestsellers "I Was Anastasia" and ""Code Name Hélène."

Yves here. Readers will hopefully be relieved that interviewee Benjamin Page, who in an important paper found that typical US voters have almost no influence…

We are one year out from the 2024 presidential election and as usual, the American people remain eager to be persuaded that a new president in the White House can solve the problems that plague us.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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By Jake Johnson | - ( Commondreams) - A group of progressive U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday proposed a wealth tax …

The warning was never made and thus never heeded.