Thursday, December 22, 2011

"Manufacturing Dissent": the Anti-Globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites (The People's Movement Has Been Hijacked), by Michel Chossudovsky

"Manufacturing Dissent": the Anti-Globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites (The People's Movement Has Been Hijacked), by Michel Chossudovsky

Under contemporary capitalism, the illusion of democracy must prevail. It is in the interest of the corporate elites to accept dissent and protest as a feature of the system inasmuch as they do not threaten the established social order. The purpose is not to repress dissent, but, on the contrary, to shape and mould the protest movement, to set the outer limits of dissent.

To maintain their legitimacy, the economic elites favor limited and controlled forms of opposition, with a view to preventing the development of radical forms of protest, which might shake the very foundations and institutions of global capitalism. In other words, "manufacturing dissent" acts as a "safety valve", which protects and sustains the New World Order.

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