Fueled by profit motives, ideological radicalization, and elite self-victimization, America’s tech barons are aggressively taking the side of authoritarianism. But why now?
Dictators don't announce "Hey, we;re hijacking your democracy." In the book, "The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship" Ernst Fraenkel studies the methods of Nazi Germany. He says it was a "dual state" consisting of a Normative State (working through courts/bureaucracy/rule of law) and a Prerogative State (arbitrary violence, Gestapo). The two coexisted to manage both capitalism and total control. Read more:
Dictators don't announce "Hey, we;re hijacking your democracy." In the book, "The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship" Ernst Fraenkel studies the methods of Nazi Germany. He says it was a "dual state" consisting of a Normative State (working through courts/bureaucracy/rule of law) and a Prerogative State (arbitrary violence, Gestapo). The two coexisted to manage both capitalism and total control. Read more:
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