All the “busyness” and “no time” to care — is this not the greatest gaslight of them all? As millions of unsupported, under-valued, unemployed, near-homeless, and homeless Americans…
The IWW picture at the start triggered some multi-generational union defense in me, reaching deep, back to the days of Kay Kluz and the Pittsburgh Steelworkers. I thought of the old telling of my grandfather “the only reason you didn’t wear a hat is because you couldn’t afford one.” Union men and women fought to wear hats. The picture also made me…
Gated communities were an American invention to avoid the frictions between enclaves. Ghettos and walled off portions of cities started or were allowed at a micro-level, as fences and walls between neighbors. I look back on the Enclosure Acts of Britain, the segmentation of community by physical boundaries proliferating in how suburban homes and…
The real dialogue needed for balancing the excesses and “democratic dictatorship” of the majority can be techno-powered, can create a purity of honest communication and compassion — which always trumps the dishonesty of a…
Transparency offered by the blockchain is balanced by a confidence in the particular anonymity it offers. My understanding of blockchain-style voting is limited to the optimism and idealism of platforms like Democracy Earth and DemocracyOS.
If we are willing to trust voting security and accept the transparency offered by…
If I am contradicted and sense my points are wrong, the Requirements of modern, hyper-competitive, polarized politics does not allow humility and change in belief.
Intention motivated by market logic creates political strategy focused first on weakness and fear. A solution is promoted in the candidate, the campaign brand, rather than the dialogue and community tools of democracy. Participation in the process is discouraged.