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is inherently totalitarian in the context of organizational analyses. Arendt exhausted a lot of time and ink on forensics. Contemporary discourse I think pinned to either "left-" or "right-" wing alliance of an actor misses the point. That is the fallacy of obedience to a common enterprise, frequently reduced by mass communication to "shared responsibility," of belonging to this political party or the other. Less often and more insidious, obedience to common law or collection of mores expressed as a community.

Arendt might argue that betrayal isn't a valid accusation to be leveled on "leaders" by persons of a political standing amounting to powerlessness. Conspiracy, on the other hand, especially given unresolved suspicions of criminality that envelops regulation of social conduct by government, generally, is entirely germane to an examination of any common enterprise and reasons to consent to participation in realizing it.


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat Dec 19th, 2009 at 11:55:07 AM EST
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