In response to the impending doom of post-election life there have been many calls to…
Well done, Ngaire. One important note is how we learn what is going on in our neighborhood, our region, our state, our country and across the globe.
Each country controls the communication within their boundaries. For instance, the percentage of Americans who don’t trust the media is rising by the day. The role of media has…
I feel you man. And it keeps getting worse by the day! Remember, Churchill couldn’t convince Chamberlain to take up arms against Hitler. I can’t imagine what it will take to undo what’s been done.
Hey man, almost half of the country’s eligible voters don’t. And half of that is a quarter. 63 million Trump votes out of 220 million eligible voters is a mere 29%. Most of whom voted against her; not for him. But you still make a valid point. This country might be shit, but for some reason everyone still wants to come here.
I agree fully. Thanks. No, bridges won’t create sustainable development. Stop gap. Perhaps. If you check out Participatory Budgeting as an active way to steer community building (literally) at the local level, where cities like SF are clear on what it will resist and what it will do, the money that is coming can bring people together AND build…
The unsettling experience of being shut off, not just from the opinions, but from the entire life experience of large numbers of one’s contemporaries is actually typical of modern democratic societies.
— Albert O. Hirschman, in his book “The Rethoric of Reaction”.