June 2008 archive
“So it is that democracy without honest information creates the illusion of popular consent, while enhancing the power of the state and the privileged interests protected by it. Democracy without accountability creates the illusion of popular control, while offering ordinary…
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2008/06/15/the-wolf-we-feed/
Sent: Wed 6/11/2008 8:15 PM
To: [deleted]
Subject: RE: Lebanon Falls.
Dear [deleted] and friends,
Normally I wouldn’t respond to something like this, but when you wrote that this was “the clearest picture of the situation in Lebanon and the…
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Dear Janna,
Perhaps the answer is to out-market the vision of what is possible vs. the vision of those things feared or coveted. Somehow, we’ve got to convince people that the alternative to fear and avoidance of insecurity is better…
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2008/06/08/dreaming-of-what-once-was/
