Trilateral Commission: The Crisis of Democracy and its implications for world order

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It seems US planners and elites view the "internal enemy" (the American public) as a potential threat not only to the American power structure but also to "United States..hegemonic power in a system of world order."

In plain English: A decline in the governability of democracy at home means a decline in the strength of the imperial system abroad.

The report continues:

So the masses must be reduced to "low information" observers rather than participants. That's dangerous. As Walter Lippmann advised the American elite in his book, "The Phantom Public":

On a a sidenote, SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON, one of the authors of this report explained the function of the "Soviet threat":

See also: http://www.politicalforum.com/media...dward-bernays-american-propaganda-system.html