675 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nonconformist, Proletariat, Neoliberalism
20 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Corporatism
Democracy as the worst form of government to the best form of government to anti-
government = corporatism
The Unconscious Civilisation
Econobabble
Inequality
Ralston-Saul
Examines society as addicted to ideologies and corporatism
Ideas are more powerful than actions
Critical of corporatism because 'the acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and
undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy
Peter Mair- Ruling the Void. Political parties no longer represent classes
Michael West- Dark Money. Governments are spending too much money on welfare but
welfare is what holds out society together
Chomsky's concentration of wealth and power
1. Reduce democracy 'protect the minority of the opulent against the majority
2. Shape ideology (business offensive, beat back government)
3. Redesign the economy (increase worker insecurity)
4. Shift the burden (the precarious proletariat)
5. Attack solidarity
6. Run the regulators (regulatory capture by business)
7. Engineer elections (corporations are persons)
8. Keep the rabble in line (corporate tyranny against organised labour)
9. Manufacture consent (not control population by force, distract people, spectators
uniformed irrational choices)
10. Marginalize the population (no influence and hate institutions = corrosive effect on
democracy)
Ralston-Saul; The great leap backwards
Critical of the dominant understanding of individualism in Western political thought as about
selfishness
Corporatism
Born in the nineteenth century as an alternative to democracy
Proposed the legitimacy of groups over that of the individual citizen
Real power is associated with neo-corporatism (which is corporatism)
Neo-conservatives claim to be different
Dominant ideology
'the acceptance of corporatism causes to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the
individual as citizens in a democracy
Led to an imbalance
Economics and Democracy
Democracy is born from economics
Democracy is believed to be based on individualism
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Document Summary
Democracy as the worst form of government to the best form of government to anti- government = corporatism. Examines society as addicted to ideologies and corporatism. Critical of corporatism because "the acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy. Governments are spending too much money on welfare but welfare is what holds out society together. Reduce democracy "protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. Keep the rabble in line (corporate tyranny against organised labour) Manufacture consent (not control population by force, distract people, spectators. Marginalize the population (no influence and hate institutions = corrosive effect on. Critical of the dominant understanding of individualism in western political thought as about selfishness. Born in the nineteenth century as an alternative to democracy. Proposed the legitimacy of groups over that of the individual citizen. Real power is associated with neo-corporatism (which is corporatism)
