
- Image via Wikipedia
“In a mass industrial society, when people and their needs were fairly uniform and basic, consensus was an attainable goal. In a demassified society, we not only lack national purpose, we also lack regional, statewide, or citywide purpose. The diversity in any congressional district or parliamentary constituency…is so great that its ‘representative’ cannot legitimately claim to speak for a consensus” – Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave