Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Chairman of Goldman Sachs International Was - Until Last Year

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

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Chairman of Goldman Sachs International Was - Until Last Year - Also Chairman of BP

from Washington's Blog.

Our intrepid investigator of how the world is ruled puts his spotlight on one shadow figure in the ruling class. The real rulers of our society operate behind the scenes and it is always difficult to know who among them is doing what.