An interesting piece, with more than a little truth in it, about illusions of civil society regarding political changes. It describes the funding of foreign political groups as well as the growing use of manipulative acts in American politics such as having "fake" reporters and think-tanks whose main purpose is more creating propaganda rather than ideas. This can already clearly be seen in the town-hall meetings with GWBush where the partisan audience is pre-selected and their questions are pre-approved before actually being asked to the President.