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, April 21, 2011

Obama Returns to his Moral Vision: Democrats Read Carefully!

Click here to access article by George Lakoff from AlterNet. 

Here we go again! This liberal author is beginning the process of bringing all the disillusioned liberals and progressives back into the Democratic fold just in time for the next elections. When I read the part of the headline which reads, "Democrats Read Carefully", I thought he was warning them about being gullible. But, no, he was affirming that there was much to be taken seriously in Obama's speech. 

This author pretends to offer a deep analysis by talking about "systems". And, again, this initially threw me off, because I thought he might touch on the most fundamental system of all which shapes everything--the socio-economic system of capitalism. 

Obama is a great speech deliverer, and whoever writes his speeches is very clever, diabolically clever. I wait with great anticipation to see if the manipulators of public opinion succeed once again in hoodwinking the liberal wing of the US electorate. Frankly, I cannot believe that they will fall for it again. I mean, there must be some limit to their gullibility!

If after reading this garbage, you need a dose of reality and have an hour to spare, I highly recommend that you listen to an interview with John Perkins.
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