Another book that is amazingly prophetic in its early observation of the really bad effects of late stage liberalism is James Burnham's book "The Managerial Revolution" (written in 1941!) - which anticipated the creation of unelected managerial elites that would undermine American democracy as it morphed into empire. Burnham is interesting because he was part of that generation who had been seduced by Marxism as young men - and then woke up to the reality of the Soviet slave empire in middle age and became one of National Review's great early writers on culture (i.e., before the publication was ruined by Neo-Conservatives).
Anyways - its a great compliment to the book on propaganda by Bernays if you want to truly understand how our meritocracy operates and controls the narrative in the strange days we are all living through today. Eric in Mad City (i.e., Madison, WI)
Another book that is amazingly prophetic in its early observation of the really bad effects of late stage liberalism is James Burnham's book "The Managerial Revolution" (written in 1941!) - which anticipated the creation of unelected managerial elites that would undermine American democracy as it morphed into empire. Burnham is interesting because he was part of that generation who had been seduced by Marxism as young men - and then woke up to the reality of the Soviet slave empire in middle age and became one of National Review's great early writers on culture (i.e., before the publication was ruined by Neo-Conservatives).
Anyways - its a great compliment to the book on propaganda by Bernays if you want to truly understand how our meritocracy operates and controls the narrative in the strange days we are all living through today. Eric in Mad City (i.e., Madison, WI)
I've heard of it, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet--thanks for the nudge!
And those Neocons tend to ruin everything they touch, don't they?
Oh yeah, I remember now: that documentary *Century of the Self* talked a lot about that bastard.