SOCIAL PANACEA

this is an exert from an article that i found, its a VERY pessimistic look at democracy, but i think it has one interesting concept which is we are made to feel like we're in control when we're actually not. This idea of pacifying people by giving them a little or the illusion of what they want, seems to be a common trait in controlling people and pacifying their cause.

people to make all of the decisions, while letting us common people feel like we're doing something by going to a polling place every couple of years and pulling a lever that, in reality, has about the same effect as the darkness knob on your toaster. We can simultaneously feel like we're in charge while being contained enough that we can't cause any real monkey mayhem once we fly into one of our screeching, arm-flapping monkey frenzy.