The Petty‑Bourgeois Theory of Soft Power

A petty bourgeois driven to frenzy by the horrors of capitalism is a social phenomenon which, like anarchism, is characteristic of all capitalist countries. The instability of such revolutionism, its barrenness, and its tendency to turn rapidly into submission, apathy, phantasms, and even a frenzied infatuation with one bourgeois fad or another—all this is common knowledge.

Vladimir Lenin, “Left-Wing” Communism: An Infantile Disorder

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Media outlets must not let George W. Bush shake off his responsibility for Trumpism

Media outlets must not let George W. Bush shake off his responsibility for Trumpism

Bush should know something about the problem of “misinformation” permeating American society, considering that he began the Iraq War based on intelligence that was not only false but for which he and other administration figures contradicted expert analysis. He also redefined torture as “enhanced interrogation” and lied about useful information being gained from it.

They forgot to mention Roger Stone:

Roger Stone’s dirty tricks helped sway the 2000 Florida recount

How the ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ killed the 2000 recount in Miami