The artificial consensus

You have permission to argue what has been put before you, but you may not add subjects to the agenda.

From Sultan Knish

To the ruling elite, “American politics was an old gas-guzzler with tail fins, fuzzy dice and smoke coming out of the hood while the elites wanted a sleek simplified electric car where all the dirty stuff happened out of sight and the public showed up on cue to vote the way that they were told.”

“Democracy is based on a behind the scenes consensus, as he put it, ‘what to do about climate change’ that has no room for someone who says, ‘This is a hoax that the liberals have cooked up.’ Political debate can’t extend to questioning premises, only pathways to outcomes. In a frictionless democracy, captive conservatives can offer ‘free market solutions’ to global warming or racial inequality, but they can’t question whether these should be on the agenda.”

https://www.danielgreenfield.org/2022/09/the-frictionless-politics-of-social.html