The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak of a heart - of the media torrent. Chronic dissatisfaction is at the heart of the matter.

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A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.

A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.

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...

Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.

Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.

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...

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 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...

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a...

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to...

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to...

Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity...

Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity...

My business is the analytical framework.

My business is the analytical framework.

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...

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...