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to participate in the great decisions of government. There was, Lippmann brooded, no “intrinsic moral and intellectual virtue to majority rule.” Lippmann’s disenchantment with democracy anticipated the mood of today’s elites. From the top, the public, and the swings of public opinion, appeared irrational and uninformed. The human material out of wh
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politics but Federal
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Peril
You can’t really be in favour of both democracy and billionaires, because democracy requires equal opportunity in order to participate, and extreme wealth gives its holders unfathomable advantages with little accountability.
Rebecca Solnit • In the Shadow of Silicon Valley
sources in any but the
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
permanent condition for
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
