Most of mass culture is not self-generated but ideologically constrained….In every society, those who control the material means of production also control the mental means of production…A [ruling] class that relies solely on the state’s military force to maintain its rule is never really secure. Behind the state is a whole supporting network of doctrines, values, myths, and institutions that are not normally thought of as political…these supportive institutions help create the ideology that transforms a ruling-class interest into a ‘general interest, justifying existing class relations as natural and optimal social arrangements --Michael Parenti, Land of Idols
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