The Information State Quotes

“Biden’s victory demonstrated the ruling party’s power to instantly disappear countless discrete pieces of information across billions of screens while penetrating into people’s private communications”
― Jacob Siegel, The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control

“Hybrid warfare provided the framework for reclassifying populist parties as security threats and shoving them outside the protection of the law.”
― Jacob Siegel, The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control

“the Obama administration tried to dictate the beliefs held by hundreds of millions of Americans by controlling the media and manipulating public discourse.”
― Jacob Siegel, The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control

“Obama was not talking about promoting greater access to neutral resources in the interests of a common civic good. He would use the bully pulpit to push Americans toward accepting views on contentious subjects, like the health-care system, climate change, or the root causes of Islamic terrorism, that aligned with the interests of his political party.”
― Jacob Siegel, The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control