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To: cotton1706
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

The UniParty rises Ascendant.

The Managerial State:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managerial_state

Paul Gottfried, in After Liberalism, defines this worldview as a "series of social programs informed by a vague egalitarian spirit, and it maintains its power by pointing its finger accusingly at antiliberals." He calls it a new theocratic religion. In this view, when the managerial regime cannot get democratic support for its policies, it resorts to sanctimony and social engineering, via programs, court decisions and regulations...

4 posted on 04/23/2015 6:04:09 AM PDT by kiryandil (Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)
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To: kiryandil

“Paul Gottfried, in After Liberalism, defines this worldview as a “series of social programs informed by a vague egalitarian spirit, and it maintains its power by pointing its finger accusingly at antiliberals.” He calls it a new theocratic religion. In this view, when the managerial regime cannot get democratic support for its policies, it resorts to sanctimony and social engineering, via programs, court decisions and regulations... “

This is an excellent analysis short and direct. But I would call it a bureaucratic religion instead of theocratic one.


11 posted on 04/23/2015 6:29:42 AM PDT by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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