The United States has become the showcase of how democracy can be managed without appearing to be suppressed. This has come about, not through a Leader's imposing his will or the state's forcibly eliminating opposition, but through certain developments, notably in the economy, that promoted integration, rationalization, concentrated wealth, and a faith that virtually any problem - from health care to political crisis, even faith itself - could be managed, that is, subjected to control, predictability, and cost-effectiveness in the delivery of the product. — Sheldon Wolin, Democracy Incorporated [...] pg. 47
Almost from the beginning of the Cold War the citizenry, supposedly the source of governmental power and authority as well as a participant, has been replaced by the "electorate," that is, by voters who acquire a political life at election time. During the intervals between elections, the political existence of the citizenry is relegated to a shadow-citizenship of virtual participation. Instead of participating in power, the virtual citizen is invited to have "opinion": measurable responses to questions predesigned to elicit them. — Sheldon Wolin, Democracy Incorporated [...] pg. 59
Do you have a significant difference in mind between 'economic fascism' and 'inverted totalitarianism'? — John Doe
Perhaps because it's not exactly fascism.". Perhaps, the person that knows this the best; but, hasn't even used this word is Noam Chomsky. — Wallows
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