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, March 26, 2013

George Carlin, Muse of the 99%: The Legacy of a Truth Teller

Click here to access article by Nozomi Hayase from culture unplugged.

 Hayase re-posted this classic video clip and her commentary on its significance.

 In the past people laughed at, and were entertained by, Carlin's scathing attack on the fantasies surrounding the propaganda theme known as "the American dream". Now they are no longer laughing. They are waking up in increasing numbers to realize that Carlin wasn't joking!
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