“Never have so many been manipulated so much by so few.”
Source: Brave New World Revisited (1958), Chapter 3 (pp. 19-20)
“While democracy has advanced, the part we ordinary citizens have played in the making and sustaining of the places and communities we live in has diminished. Never has so much been decided for so many by so few.”
Lean Logic, (2016), p. xx, Introduction http://www.flemingpolicycentre.org.uk/lean-logic-surviving-the-future/
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