“Companies have long gathered data to break down their customer base into specific segments. Now political parties have become adept at micro-targeting, too, using data on shopping habits, leisure activities, voting histories, charity donations, and so on, in order to pinpoint likely supporters and the type of appeal most likely to win them over.” LongPoliticalOrderWinningPartyCompanyBreakTypeHabitActivityCharityCustomersDataAppealsVotingShoppingLeisureSupporterBreaking DownPolitical PartiesDonationAdeptLeisure Activities Author:James Surowiecki
“To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.” MenShouldActionPoliticalLeadershipJusticeFreedomSinBusinessSilenceResponsibilityLibertySocietyDutyIntegrityActivityEthicsResponsibleLibertarianActivismCivil RightsProtestRebellionCowardRebelCowardiceRebelliousDisobedienceFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyElection DayRights And Freedoms Author:Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“A vibrant civil society can challenge those in power by documenting corruption or uncovering activities like the murder of political enemies. In democracies, this function is mostly performed by the media, NGOs or opposition parties.” PoliticalChallengesPartyEnemyDemocracyMediaActivityFunctionMurderCorruptionOppositionCivil SocietyUncoveringOpposition PartiesPolitical Enemies Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Private property is a natural fruit of labor, a product of intense activity of man, acquired through his energetic determination to ensure and develop with his own strength his own existence and that of his family, and to create for himself and his own an existence of just freedom, not only economic, but also political, cultural and religious.” MenPoliticalEnergyNaturalReligiousFreedomExistenceEconomicProductsActivityDeterminationLaborPropertyFruitIntensePrivacyEnergeticPrivate PropertyReligious FreedomFruit Of Labor Author:Pope Pius XII