Those who control the wealth of this society have an influence over political life far in excess of their number.

The mass media are class media.

It may come as a surprise to some academics, but there is a marked relationship between economic power and political power.

Radical views that are outside the mainstream generally (but not always) are more reliable than the dominant view because they are more regularly challenged and tested against evidence. They do not get to float freely down the mainstream; they must swim against the current. They cannot rest on the orthodox power to foreclose dissent, and they are not supported by the unanimity of bias that passes for objectivity.

The guiding principle of ruling elites was--and still is: When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed.

Conservative pundits have a remarkable amount of free speech.

If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what we have is a formula for dictatorship, not democracy.