General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDU POLL: Inverted totalitarianism? Are we there?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianismThe first, directed outward, finds its expression in the Global War on Terror and in the Bush Doctrine that the United States has the right to launch preemptive wars. This amounts to the United States seeing as illegitimate the attempt by any state to resist its domination.[18][4][17]
The second dynamic, directed inward, involves the subjection of the mass of the populace to economic "rationalization", with continual "downsizing" and "outsourcing" of jobs abroad and dismantling of what remains of the welfare state created by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society. Thus neoliberalism is an integral component of inverted totalitarianism. The state of insecurity in which this places the public serves the useful function of making people feel helpless, thus making it less likely they will become politically active, and thus helping maintain the first dynamic.[19][20][4][17]
6 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
Yes, we are living in inverted totalitarianism. | |
6 (100%) |
|
No, we are not living in inverted totalitarianism. | |
0 (0%) |
|
Maybe, something like it, not sure. | |
0 (0%) |
|
We are headed there. | |
0 (0%) |
|
This is a ridiculous philosphical discussion. | |
0 (0%) |
|
Never ever! | |
0 (0%) |
|
0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
Show usernames
Disclaimer: This is an Internet poll |
MADem
(135,425 posts)It shouldn't even be close, but it always is. Are we that stupid, or are we just too lazy to do our collective homework?
A good movie that touches on this topic (and many others, too):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2523600/synopsis?ref_=ttpl_pl_syn
I disagree with the characterization of the film as "chilling," but it does make one think, along the lines of the movie "Being There."
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)plow along without their involvement, not realizing how things got as they are and how they might change drastically. I often think it's a combination of stupidity and laziness, and some just don't care. And others feel their voice/vote makes no difference.
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)where's they learn the gospel according to profit...and are conditioned to conform.
seems like we get closer every day.