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

Friday, October 1, 2010

Distrust in media hits record high

by Andy Barr from Politico. 

At first this looked like very good news, but after delving deeper into the article I found otherwise.
Forty-eight percent believe the media is too liberal while only 15 percent of find that it tilts too conservative. Just 33 percent believe coverage is “just about right.”
It is an unpleasant reality that the bulk of Americans are so bamboozled by corporate media, following their indoctrination in an educational system that taught them what to think rather than how to think, that they haven't a shred of understanding of the source of their current problems. 
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