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The whole article reminded me of Robert Reich’s observation that America has, de facto, six political parties, split just as starkly between establishment and grassroots as between left and right: robertreich.org/post/16…
Postulates 7 and 8 also reminded me of chapter 6 of Aldous Huxley’s 1957 book Brave New World Revisited, where he clai…
The whole article reminded me of Robert Reich’s observation that America has, de facto, six political parties, split just as starkly between establishment and grassroots as between left and right: https://robertreich.org/post/166784538395/
Postulates 7 and 8 also reminded me of chapter 6 of Aldous Huxley’s 1957 book Brave New World Revisited, where he claims that in order for a politician to acquire power, he has to present himself to the public as a rugged cowboy hero, a caring father, an astute lawyer and a glamorous entertainer all at once, the result of this reliance on short, snappy summaries of policies and on mass media being a deadening democracy
https://www.huxley.net/bnw-revisited/index.html