Inverted Totalitarianism by Guadamour « Dandelion Salad http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/inverted-totalitarianism-by-guadamour/

A friend of mine recently remarked she currently views a lot of parallels with the totalitarianism she sees developing and manifesting itself in the United States with what she saw when as a young woman the Nazi took over her native Germany. This confirms this reviewers opinion that America has become a “Free Country.” One is “Free” to do what he or she is told!In his monumental work, Democracy Inc (Princeton University Press 2008), Sheldon S. Wolin explains and shows how “Inverted Totalitarianism” is taking over the United States.

This is a three year old book; however, it is as important to review it now as when it first appeared because with the Democrat President Barack Obama a seamless transition has taken place from the Republican President George W. Bush as noted by A. Noam Chomsky.Wolin convincingly shows how corporate America has taken over the United States Federal government, 

and how the poor turn out for elections is encouraged by the two party system in conjugation with a controlled media that feeds on entertainment and not news, and because of the huge sums of money now necessary to run for public office, encourages the lobbying and corruption by corporate America endemic in Washington politics. This is truer now than ever because to a large extent, corporate America has been moved into the corridors of power in Washington to a much greater extent than at any time in the nations history. This takes place at a time with the wealth gap between the wealthy and the rest of the population has turned into a chasm.