Civil disobedience
cf Ziviler Ungehorsam
Habermas, The Philosophy Book, p 307
The expansion of the public sphere, from the 18th century onwards, has led to a growth of democratically elected political institutions, independent courts, and bills of rights. But Habermas believes that many of these brakes on the arbitrary use of power are now under threat. Newspapers, for example, can offer opportunities for reasoned dialogue between private individuals, but if the press is controlled by large corporations, such opportunities may diminish. Informed debate on issues of substance is replaced with celebrity gossip, and we are transformed from critical, rational agents into mindless consumers.
Matt Taibbi The Media Is the Villain – for Creating a World Dumb Enough for Trump
Donald Trump didn’t just take advantage of these conditions. He was created in part by them. What’s left of Trump’s mind is like a parody of the average American media consumer: credulous, self-centered, manic, sex-obsessed, unfocused, and glued to stories that appeal to his sense of outrage and victimhood.
Acts of civil disobedience are likely to be tailored for consumption by ‘social media’, where they may be parodied as junk.
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