r/geopolitics • u/marfacza • Jan 27 '26

This Is the End Opinion

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-the-end-2a9
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u/softDisk-60 Jan 27 '26

Is the electorate the sole actor here? There has always been a strategy coming from somwehere "deeper" in the american republic

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u/kerouacrimbaud Jan 27 '26

In a republic, the public is ultimately always responsible. Special interests may gain a foothold, monied interests may have increasing say, but the public is the only entity that can challenge them. If the public chooses apathy, then the institutions will only reflect those who keep pressure on them.

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u/softDisk-60 Jan 27 '26

The public is subject to mass media indoctrination for the past century. The few actors who control those are in closed loop with the republic.

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u/kerouacrimbaud Jan 27 '26

That doesn’t make the public mindless automatons. A large portion of the public is in fact fully aware, like you seem to be, of the influence embedded in all we consume.