Etymology

inverted totalitarianism

Today it means: A system in which democracy is corrupted and subverted by corporations and politics is trumped by economics. Full definition →

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Coined by American political theorist Sheldon Wolin in 2003.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.