This is a comprehensive and well-documented look at the gradual slide into income inequality and plutocracy that has characterized U.S. politics over the years (a trend I have railed against from time to time in these pages). "This evidence illustrates how the trappings of democracy can be used to ensconce plutocracy. As the rich get richer, they use their time and resources to become information-sucking machines. Meanwhile, as the poor get poorer, they fall into a pit of political ignorance where they become easy victims of propaganda. In a sense, this asymmetry is why reactionary politics are so easy, and why progressive politics are so difficult. Reactionary politics push snake oil downhill. Progressive politics push knowledge and solidarity uphill." It's a long read, but necessary as the same trends are not unique to U.S. society.
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