A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

The only possibility in an oral structure is a monarchical apex of control. Where the activities of many are to be orchestrated there can be only one conductor. But the more necessary the conductor the more expendable he becomes.
“The Organization Man”, Explorations 8, October (1957),; the issue was later reprinted as Verbi-Voco-Visual, (1967), without pagination.
Year: 1957
Chapter: Democracy
Compiled by William Kuhns
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