Članek obravnava odpadništvo, ki je v navideznem nasprotju z demokracijo v ZDA v razmerah šibke demokratične kulture in agresivnega izvajanja vojne in terorja. Proučuje ovire demokratičnega odpadništva v ZDA in možne vire za njegovo rehabilitacijo ter predlaga preliminarno skico teoretskega in kulturnega temelja odpora nadaljnji militarizaciji globalne politike. Z idejo,da je demokracija odpadništvo in da je demokratično odpadništvo retorična kritika, članek dokazuje, da bi jezikovne kritike, ki proizvajajo prepričljive redeskripcije in simbolno stapljanje, lahko sedanjo politično kulturo reartikulirale kot odpadništvo.This essay considers the problematic of dissent being rendered oxymoronic with democracy in the United States under conditions of a weak democratic culture and an aggressive prosecution of the war on terror. It examines obstacles to democratic dissent in the U.S. and potential resources for rehabilitating it, sketching a preliminary map of the theoretical and cultural ground to be covered in a resistance to the further militarization of global politics. Suggesting that democracy is dissent, and democratic dissent is rhetorical critique, the essay argues that extant political culture might be rearticulated to dissent by language critiques that produce persuasive re-descriptions and symbolic merging
