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, July 24, 2012

A medieval present of austerity, a future of feudalism

Click here to access article by Pete Dolack from his blog Systemic Disorder.

The author provides an excellent survey of the financial damage caused by the reckless gambling habits and money policies of banking elites across Europe and sees a pattern unfold which suggests: 
We are to be servants of the richest, so say “markets” — more a resemblance to feudalism than to a democratic society.