The extract below is taken from this blog post:-
"In addition to geography, there's democracy and the
asymmetry of the neoliberal economic order. Not
to put too fine a point on it, but democracy
only works for the political and financial elites as long as the people vote as
they're told.
Once democracy becomes a source of resistance to the
Power Elites, then elections that go counter to ruling-elite wishes must be
declared illegitimate or reversed. (Hence
the Power Elite's furious battle to delegitimize Brexit and Trump's election.
Little wonder that the infamously bogus Steele Dossier was concocted by MI6
operatives.)
In
other words, democracy is only acceptable if the voters rubberstamp the ruling
elites' centralized control of capital and power."
Owen Jones has spoken about the "establishment" being a mechanism to manage democracy for capital and power when everyone has a vote. To protect capital and power.
ReplyDeletePete North said recently on his blog that if the elites are saying voting only counts when it agrees with their desires, then they aren't legitimate.
i'm afraid I'm not clear what your popint is.
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