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

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Some questions to ask our quaint little Teaparty friends

by William Blum from Foreign Policy Journal. 

The author provides some unsettling questions for all those anti-government propagandists out there. Of course, the reality is that the ruling class only wants government to serve its interests--which, of course, it does most of the time. The anti-government propagandists want the government to serve business interests ALL of the time.
The Teaparty folks never tire of calling for “smaller government”. How sweet. Most other Republicans repeat the same mantra ad nauseam as well, as do many liberals (not to be confused with progressives). So for all these individuals I have some questions:
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