Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Friday 30 June 2017
Jeremy Paxman Interviews Historian Eric Hobsbawm in 2002 - BBC Newsnight
2017 marks the centenary of the birth of Eric Hobsbawm, one of Britain's most eminent historians. In 2002, Jeremy Paxman spoke to him about world empires and communism.
