Wednesday 30 July 2008
Even with 95% re-election rates (in bad years), the political class has actually succeeded in training a huge bulk of citizens to believe there is something deeply disruptive, radical, even anti-democratic about daring to challenge incumbents in elections. That the political class would want to inculcate people with zombie-like allegiance to Party and to incumbent rulers isn’t surprising; it’s natural. What is surprising, and more than a little disturbing, is how enthusiastically our citizenry has embraced this premise. Glenn Greenwald ☀
