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, July 7, 2010

Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball

by Joe Bageant from his blog, Deer Hunting with Jesus. 

Can you imagine the nerve of this guy? He hides out in Mexico where he apparently spends most of his time "waltzing" with all those cute señoritas, and then hammers us with outrageous claims that everything that a good American believes in is so much BS! And that we are all up shit creek! Ssssssnooze. Gee, do ya think he might be right?
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