
Burnham's political masterpiece, continuously reprinted since 1943, dissects power with Machiavellian precision. Praised as "uncannily prescient" by modern intellectuals, it's experiencing a renaissance in today's political landscape. What dangerous truth about democracy did Orwell find so apocalyptically fascinating?
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Politics is a realm of puzzling contradictions. Politicians solemnly promise balanced budgets while creating deficits, pledge efficiency while expanding bureaucracy. These aren't simply lies-they reveal a fundamental pattern where stated ideals mask practical aims. When Dante Alighieri, exiled from Florence, wrote elaborate metaphysical justifications for a universal world government under the Holy Roman Emperor, he wasn't engaged in pure philosophy. Behind his appeals to divine order and natural law lay a simpler truth: his faction, the Ghibellines, opposed the papal-aligned Guelphs who had banished him. His theoretical edifice disguised his actual position in this power struggle. This pattern-where supernatural, metaphysical, or utopian stated aims mask real political goals-persists throughout history. The French Revolution's ideologists based arguments on mythical notions like the "natural goodness of man" while promoting Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. The actual effects-dismantling monarchy and empowering the French capitalist class-could have been rationally debated, but instead were cloaked in lofty rhetoric. Today's politicians invoke "American values," "social justice," or "traditional morality" rather than discussing specific policies and likely outcomes. Environmental debates center on apocalyptic scenarios rather than cost-benefit analyses. Political discourse becomes merely the expression of wishes rather than an honest confrontation with reality-a comforting illusion obscuring the actual dynamics of power.
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Criado por ex-alunos da Universidade de Columbia em San Francisco
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