tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post5902582950560748967..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Stupidity as a Pre-Existing ConditionROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-11047210203465507372009-08-08T23:00:02.328-04:002009-08-08T23:00:02.328-04:00Another question is: What will be left, if anythi...Another question is: What will be left, if anything, of American democracy? Let me elaborate:<br /><br />"<i>Manipulating public opinion is easy … when you are the CEO of a corporation with lots of money and lobbyists and crooked politicians in your pocket ... and you can always count on an ignorant rabble all too willing to sell themselves short, sell-out their own interests, and serve as sycophants on behalf of their corporate masters.<br /><br />Corporations need not dirty themselves when they can hire proxies like Dick Armey and FreedomWorks to do their dirty work, when their proxies can recruit goons, malcontents, and nut jobs to stifle public debate. This is how corporations assert their interests, nullify the popular will, and derail democracy</i>."(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.com