Noam Chomsky has made a career - partly anyway - of arguing that consent in America is not truly legitimate, but manufactured. Its the product of an effort of those in charge - the men behind the curtain - to convince the population that they matter. Its worth read. Maybe my 2301s should consider this as they think about this week's writing assignment
- Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media.
- Excerpts from Manufacturing Consent.
- The Video.
