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  • The abdication of the media's role as an independent watchdog and its whole subsumation as a propaganda organ bodes ill for any democracy, because a well-informed public is vital to its functioning.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • The abdication of the media's role as an independent watchdog and its whole subsumation as a propaganda organ bodes ill for any democracy, because a well-informed public is vital to its functioning.

    A couple of quick points Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • There ensued more whooping, back-slapping and general subsumation of all into one single unified consciousness.

    Be My Enemy Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2004

  • This was fast turning to a viscous mess and to the size of the original host before subsumation.

    Freedoms Challenge McCaffrey, Anne 1998

  • "Look at me, Zainal," the Ix commanded, its voice rich with an anger that had grown moment by moment over the years since the subsumation of Lenvec.

    Freedoms Challenge McCaffrey, Anne 1998

  • The gradual subsumation of all the countries East of the Atlantic into a unitary tyranny makes it only harder.

    Libertarian Blog Place 2009

  • The gradual subsumation of all the countries East of the Atlantic into a unitary tyranny makes it only harder.

    The Libertarian Alliance: BLOG 2009

  • *Funnily, people who use this term to argue against same-sex marriage don’t often, or at least openly, argue that we should stick to other millenia-long traditions, such as the wife’s civil subsumation into her husband.

    Men’s Rights Myth: Typical Child Support Payments Are Insanely High 2006

  • The subsumation takes in the entire personality and then the dominant Mentat is in total control ... "

    Freedoms Challenge McCaffrey, Anne 1998

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