“Bertrand Russell, writing during World War I, castigates intellectuals for exactly this tendency: ‘In modern times, philosophers, professors, and intellectuals generally undertake willingly to provide their respective governments with those ingenious distortions and those subtle untruths by which it is… — Paul McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“The provision of news and information, for example, has been ‘dumbed down’ to a previously unimaginable degree, and the line between Hollywood fiction and… — Paul McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“Political democracy, judged on its own terms (as a basic political value in itself), is not to be judged (consequentially) in terms of its… — Paul McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“Bertrand Russell, writing during World War I, castigates intellectuals for exactly this tendency: ‘In modern times, philosophers, professors, and intellectuals generally undertake willingly to… — Paul McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“Then there are spurious intellectual discussions about ‘voter apathy’ and so on, as if such factors could possibly explain and somehow justify massive disengagement… — Paul McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“The familiar claim – or ‘moral’ exhortation – that ‘if you don’t vote, you’ve no right to complain’ surely has it the wrong way… — Paul McLaughlin Copy Share Image
