| He describes a deeply troubling deterioration of democratic powers in the US, and the rise of an ugly imperialism aided by an unholy alliance of the plutocratic elites and the Christian Right, and by a massive disaffection of voters who see too little difference between two corrupted parties. Americans must dip deep into the often-untapped wells of their democratic traditions to fight the imperialist strain and plutocratic impulse, he says. |
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