Empires and Republics

In 1980 a colleague in the anti-nuclear movement said a friend of his suggested the only thing worse than the US losing the Cold War would be the US winning it. It took me thirty years to understand this.

CounterPunch:

The end of communism also signalized the end of democracy. The modern epoch is not only post-communist, it is also post-democratic! Today we are witnessing the establishment of democratic totalitarianism, or, if you will, totalitarian democracy.

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