"The overriding problem is to change the structure of society so that people gain power. The best arena to do that is the municipality — the city, town, and village — where we have an opportunity to create a face-to-face democracy."
Murray Bookchin
(January 14, 1921 – July 30, 2006)
Author, 'The Ecology of Freedom'
I cautiously agree; So what do you propose we do to "change the structure of society?" I believe that once a society reaches a critical mass of unemployed, disenfranchised citizens, societal change takes on a life of its own. What do you believe needs to be done for the masses to peacefully regain power and avoid condition critical? How would you coax people out of their comfort zone now when they won't realize they were even in one until IT has gone south? And please don't quote someone else, I wanna hear this straight from the horses mouth.
ReplyDeleteWRCU2:
DeleteSorry, dude. I wrote you a long response. But on my own blog, the commenting fuction is fuckled for me. : (
There wasn't anything new in what I'd written. You've heard it before. Owning our governance. A more involved approach to being a resident. Building community.
Nobody will change this, but us.
P.S. I did note in failed response that I almost never 'quote' anyone here or elsewhere. I posted what I did of Bookchin simply because it 'validated' what I believe; I hadn't gotten the notion from him, I came to it on my lonesome.