I fear the world still has.a few too many powerful individuals who think commoners cannot truly govern themselves -- either cannot or don’t deserve to, I’m not sure which. But, like the Straussians who think we need to be lied to “for our own good,” they spin their yarns and sell their snake oil, like Powell and his antiquated economics.…
I fear the world still has.a few too many powerful individuals who think commoners cannot truly govern themselves -- either cannot or don’t deserve to, I’m not sure which.
But, like the Straussians who think we need to be lied to “for our own good,” they spin their yarns and sell their snake oil, like Powell and his antiquated economics.
And when we in the trenches either buy the lies or get into fights over them, a narrative builds that we truly CANNOT manage our own affairs. That we need a strongman to keep things on track and keep people from fighting in the streets. We’re seeing this all over the world. Fear that democracy is not strong enough to keep people safe, so authoritarian rule is on the rise.
Keep us worried about the roof over our heads, the food on our children’s tables, the “others” who are coming to eat our lunch -- and the Fascists win.
What’s the solution to our situation -- our incredibly broad and ubiquitous media [mainstream, Internet, cell ...] gets messages out, but the messages make one hell of a soup. How do we make sure the flavor of the month is not fascism?
I fear the world still has.a few too many powerful individuals who think commoners cannot truly govern themselves -- either cannot or don’t deserve to, I’m not sure which.
But, like the Straussians who think we need to be lied to “for our own good,” they spin their yarns and sell their snake oil, like Powell and his antiquated economics.
And when we in the trenches either buy the lies or get into fights over them, a narrative builds that we truly CANNOT manage our own affairs. That we need a strongman to keep things on track and keep people from fighting in the streets. We’re seeing this all over the world. Fear that democracy is not strong enough to keep people safe, so authoritarian rule is on the rise.
Keep us worried about the roof over our heads, the food on our children’s tables, the “others” who are coming to eat our lunch -- and the Fascists win.
What’s the solution to our situation -- our incredibly broad and ubiquitous media [mainstream, Internet, cell ...] gets messages out, but the messages make one hell of a soup. How do we make sure the flavor of the month is not fascism?