An unstated but crucial premise is that the "responsible men" achieve that exalted status by their service to authentic power, a fact of life that they will discover soon enough if they try to pursue an independent path.

Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition.

There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment.

The book Manufacturing Consent, which I co-authored with Edward Herman, begins with a description of the structure and institutional setting of the commercial media, and then draws some rather simple-minded conclusions about what we would expect the media product to be, given these (not particularly controversial) conditions.

There's a tremendous amount of language loss. Most of the attention is given to indigenous languages, which makes sense, but some of the most dramatic language loss is in Europe.

Fed and electoral college could use some tinkering, but they are not the source of the problems.

Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled.