So American culture is itself a hybrid and lends itself to use in other people's hybrids.

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To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for...

To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for...

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass,...

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass,...

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is...

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is...

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system...

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system...

I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed...

I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed...

Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.

Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.

Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.

Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability...

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability...

The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period.

The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period.

Today's global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history.

Today's global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history.

Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of...

Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of...

My business is the analytical framework.

My business is the analytical framework.

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of...

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of...

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half...

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half...

I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and...

I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and...

The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak...

The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak...

It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives.

It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives.

Americas are, for a variety of reasons, the most adept at producing the kind of...

Americas are, for a variety of reasons, the most adept at producing the kind of...

As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of...

As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of...

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of...

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of...