I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.

It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives.

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of the value divide - how to define America as a place of the common good and not a playground of the strong.

Like Americans, people outside America want fun, want an emotional compensation for the utilitarianism and calculation that mark the rest of their lives.

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best.

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers.

The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period.