John Dewey: “The use of machinery in production and commerce was followed by the creation of new powerful social conditions, personal…”

The invasion of the community by the new and relatively impersonal and mechanical modes of combined human behavior is the outstanding fact of modern life.

In other words, every officer of the public, whether he represents it as a voter or as a stated official, has a dual capacity.

The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.

But in this respect he does not differ from those explicitly designated public officials who have also been known to betray the interest committed to them instead of faithfully representing it.