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More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Democracy for the Few. Mar 09, Jessie rated it really liked it. If you've become increasingly disillusioned with the U. It is basically a litany of abuses by the wealthy, "owning" class against If you want to reinforce the gut feeling you have that everything wrong with society is because "the man's puttin' us down" - then this book will give you the "evidence" you need to make that argument.

I found it to be a good-paced read. Very well annotated with foo If you've become increasingly disillusioned with the U. Very well annotated with footnotes sometimes half a page is filled with the footnotes - which is helpful for someone who might want that little extra bit of information. Reading this book made me feel a little bit depressed though - that the United States is just on a corporate-greed-driven road to under destruction and there's basically nothing that the rest of us can really do about it.

Very riveting and impassioned, but scholarly at the same time. I recommend that every middle-American read this book to get a better understanding of where "we" fit into the scheme of American life. While this book is now 10 years old, at least the edition I was reading, it was still extremely relevant to the problems with constantly hear about in the news today. Aug 29, Jacob rated it did not like it Shelves: politics , history.

Does it sound familiar? That said, Bush didn't issue them either. A national emergency exists by reason of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, New York, New York, and the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.

This proclamation immediately shall be published in the Federal Register or disseminated through the Emergency Federal Register, and transmitted to the Congress. This proclamation is not intended to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any person. BUSH Still no mention of those executive orders, but this is when Bush declared a state of emergency mentioned in the quoted paragraph from the book which would allow him to use the powers in those orders.

So, a rebuttal to me might be that even though that was all one paragraph, I the reader misconstrued what the author meant and he never technically stated that Bush was the ones who is responsible for those orders. Okay I disagree with that but I can see where someone would be coming from if they made that argument.

In Chapter 13, Parenti states: The Internet also offers progressive websites that provide information and opinion rarely accommodated by mainstream media. By its nature the Internet provides for individual transmission and commentary by just about anyone who has a computer and an opinion, bringing us some of the best and worst, but also providing new opportunities for networking and organizing, and for gathering information.

Some giant telephone and cable companies began pressuring Congress to limit the number of Internet servers, in an effort to establish high-fee monopoly control. Now, I'm pro-Net Neautrality and had obviously heard about, and been worried about, internet "fast lanes" but this was the first I had heard of the telecoms trying to get Congress to limit the number of internet servers.

So I couldn't wrap my head around this one. Not just why I hadn't heard about this before, which would be understandable, but I couldn't understand whose internet servers he was talking about. So since I am reading the edition I thought that maybe the information on the page has changed since he used it. The telecoms? If so why didn't they just limit them instead of going to Congress.

In the chapter about the U. That means the defense firm can name its own price and the Pentagon pays up. From the article: And despite repeated pledges to reform the process, non-competitive contracts are a hard habit to break. In addition, DOD accounted for over 80 percent of government-wide obligations that used noncompetitive contracts. To be honest I did not fact check everything he wrote nor do I plan to, so this list is not comprehensive.

It was only a few items I found extremely interesting or thought were incorrect that I went on to read more about elsewhere. That is not to say I think the book is full of incorrect data or assertions and if I had to make a guess, I would say that the majority of the book is true based on the fact that I have seen much of these same claims in other sources.

Still these few issues completely ruined the book for me, which up until the point that I noticed them, I had thought I was going to rate the book 5 stars.

Still, I think a 1 star rating is justified since these errors made me question everything else I learned from the book.

View 2 comments. Jan 04, Narmin Isparzade rated it really liked it. Depicting the portrait of the corporate US versus citizens, the book is full of examples of when vested interests of big oligopolists dominated over the Congress and public laws. Election system is established in a way through which only wealthy candidates can penetrate, thus ruling out the representation of the interests and needs of the impoverished in the government.

For the protection of the overseas business interests, US backed authoritarian states and dictators from time to time. Wars aga Depicting the portrait of the corporate US versus citizens, the book is full of examples of when vested interests of big oligopolists dominated over the Congress and public laws.

Wars against other states served corporate interests under the disguise of protection of national interests. All the while, media magnats served to be a tool to form public opinion based on the state propaganda, alienating alternative opinion.

Environmental-friendly public transport has not been developed due to the profit interests of oil companies. Budget of social programs and scientific research is trimmed and trimmed, meanwhile military budget gets generous shares. Interpretation of the constitution and laws for the favour of the wealthy by the judges is not a rare occurrence. Discrimination against women and blacks is still prevalent. In the light of strong representation of the economic interests of the few, reactionaries argue that civil society and public outcry is not effective.

US in many ways possesses far more developed economy than many countries in the world; however, this book opens an entirely different vantage point for the readers to observe what invisible struggles are going on behind the glittery economic and political power. It is an eye opener for those who are not aware of the other side of the economic power of the US.

It also shows the inordinate similarity of the rule of the opulent segment over the political will in the US and most, if not all, authoritarian states in the world, including mine. The author refers to a rich collection of evidences and facts, however, I found the context a bit too repetitive. This is the main disadvantage which came on my way due to which I finished the book too late. Jan 25, Jamie rated it it was amazing. In the beginning of my education I had rated this lower in review primarily due to my lack of knowledge of the social and political implications on the expansion of Marxism's economic theories.

However my opinion shifted towards the true ramifications of the hegemonic system that we are sadly bound by. Please keep an open mind while reading. I say this because the tendency to fall into that rhetorical trap of "not enough hard work" can be imbedded within the subconscious through past influence. With these textbooks a previous uninformed writer will more likely let go of preconceived notions inspired by the other uninformed members of society, and take on a new approach to the complexity of situations through environmental, political, and social constructs which may leave a person economically pigeonholed.

Phenomenal until the passive, unscrutinized advocacy for Social Democracy at the very end. Though perhaps he felt such topics better left to experts in their respective fields, and that his duty was mainly to elucidate what many fail to perceive to be our current worsening material conditions. As always, Parenti is phenomenal for introducing people to a more gentle Marxist critique of the status quo. However when it comes to the deeper machinations behind it all, where it all leads, and where that really leaves us — Parenti in his elder years, like Angela Davis, errs towards a decadent revisionism or denialism and sadly leaves quite a bit to be desired.

Dec 27, Tom Sulcer rated it really liked it. This is a stinging critique of America from a left-leaning analyst which includes a surprising number of smart non-partisan recommendations.

Parenti is also a significant non-partisan reformer, although he wanders into traditionally socialist territory when he examines themes like wealth inequality. Too few people have too much power. This particular edition is in a Paperback format. His publications, including previous editions of Democracy for the Few, have been read and enjoyed by students, lay readers, and scholars, and have been used extensively in hundreds of college courses across the country.

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