We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The New Phrase for Indulgence: ‘Passionate Investing’

from The Wall Street Journal. Working people don't usually read the WSJ and thus are unaware of the lifestyles and problems of the ruling class. It's likely that they are even unaware that there is a ruling class--it's a democracy, ain't it? Well, Rupert Murdock's WSJ is here to enlighten us. His reporters think their clever by calling "passionate investing" "indulgence". I would call it "gluttony"--and that's a sin!