Democracy Incorporated - Sheldon Wolin Audiobook
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Democracy is struggling in America–by now this statement is almost cliche. But what if the country is no longer a democracy at all? In “Democracy Incorporated,” Sheldon Wolin considers the unthinkable: has America unwittingly morphed into a new and strange kind of political hybrid, one where economic and state powers are conjoined and virtually unbridled? Can the nation check its descent into what the author terms “inverted totalitarianism”?
Wolin portrays a country where citizens are politically uninterested and submissive–and where elites are eager to keep them that way. At best the nation has become a “managed democracy” where the public is shepherded, not sovereign. At worst it is a place where corporate power no longer answers to state controls. Wolin makes clear that today’s America is in no way morally or politically comparable to totalitarian states like Nazi Germany, yet he warns that unchecked economic power risks verging on total power and has its own unnerving pathologies. Wolin examines the myths and mythmaking that justify today’s politics, the quest for an ever-expanding economy, and the perverse attractions of an endless war on terror. He argues passionately that democracy’s best hope lies in citizens themselves learning anew to exercise power at the local level.
“Democracy Incorporated” is one of the most worrying diagnoses of America’s political ills to emerge in decades. It is sure to be a lightning rod for political debate for years to come.”
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This post has 6 comments with rating of 5/5
September 22nd, 2018
“At worst it is a place where corporate power no longer answers to state controls.”
Who is this guy, and what nation is he talking about? At the birth of America, our founding fathers were discussing rights in terms of corporate entities, rather than merely an expression of individual liberty. He’s promoting government control over big business, and he wants to warn about the threat of totalitarianism? Wolin sounds like a Bernie Sanders die hard, hoping to rebrand socialism as a concept born at the Constitutional Convention. That being the case, the dialectical material is that of his own brain. This is the perfect reason why people need to wake up from their stupor and engage their brain!
September 22nd, 2018
OMG. Kill yourself.
September 22nd, 2018
@Jiminy
Your impression of this book has absolutely nothing to do with the book itself. It’s infinitely more nuanced that.
If you’re just looking for something that confirms what you already “know,” then you’re wasting your time with this one.
September 22nd, 2018
After years of thinking for myself I’ve gotten fairly good a separating polemic from thoughtful analysis.
My BS detector should be good enough to allow me to listen and make up my own mind about which parts have value and which parts don’t.
So, thanks pournloads.
September 24th, 2018
I appreciate your reply, I will go ahead and add it to my list. I think it is obvious to any thoughtful person who bothers to vote, that the role of money and politics is most definitely an issue. I think there have always been issues at play, but in “my” humble opinion today’s most serious threats to Democracy are, crony capitalism (and cronyism in general), electing the politician that can give you the most handouts, the prostitution of civil servants of all stripes, and although I’m unsure how prevalent it is, insider trading by the government and certain privileged officials.
July 30th, 2024
Thanks for this. Chris Hedges brought me here.
I think, whatever way you slice it, if a political system ends up benefiting the rich over the working classes, it’s corrupt. Call it crony capitalism, neoliberalism, trickle-down economics, austerity measures, managed democracy, inverted totalitarianism, laissez-faire; it needs to be dismantled and built anew.
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