The people who seem unable to comprehend horizontalism are mostly those who come from hierarchical institutions themselves. (There isn't a more hierarchically structured media organization than the New York Times, for instance, which also sits at the top of the hierarchy of mainstream media as the “paper of record.”) But horizontalism has proved appealing to the Occupy protesters, I think, because those same hierarchical institutions, from Congress to churches to universities, and obviously, corporations have utterly failed most Americans.She provides a very good discussion of the contribution of direct democracy (horizontalism) that the Occupy movement is practicing.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The Power of Occupy Wall Street Is Not Just What They're Doing, But How They're Doing It
Click here to access article by Sarah Jaffe from AlterNet.