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

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Baghdad's Gone Missing...

Click here to access article by Mark Thompson from Time.

Let me be clear--I am not posting this article because I think it is a good one. I was astonished to read it--not by the article itself posted in this ruling class online magazine, but by the huge gap between the imperial views expressed in the article regarding Iraq and the cynical reactions of the people in the comments section following the article. Could this be evidence of a widening gap between the ruling one percent and the ninety-nine percent? Should this apparent gap continue, what does it suggest about the legitimacy and durability of our governing capitalist class?
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