vs the government hears only its own voice
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C. Wright Mills, The Marxists, Ch 1, p26
Thus (Marx) condemns a censored press in terms that parallel the condemnation by John Stuart Mill: it leads to hypocracy, the greatest of vices ... the government hears only its own voice ... surrenders to the illusion that it hears the voice of the people .. the people on its side falls either into political superstition or else into indifference, and so turns completely away from the life of the state.
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Q: Is engagement by the people important in a democracy?
