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

Saturday, May 24, 2014

ANTITRUST US!

Click here to access article and a great satirical cartoon video by Mark Fiore from his website.
We have to decrease competition in order to increase competition!  Sit back, relax and get ready for humongous corporations to explain how fewer choices mean more and better choices.  (Or so goes one of the arguments in support of the AT&T and DirecTV deal.)