Personal Democracy Forum 2008
Note by Ms, Kathy Gill:
Come Together Now: The Internet's Still Unrealized Potential
Zephyr Teachout (Howard Dean '04)
"industrial" language
v
"democratic" language
distribute power, not tasks
not mobilization, but organization
model of american associations
this was seen as the main american innovations
de toqueville
thus the most democratic country ...
1955 - 5% were prez of local voluntary associations
we had the political muscle, understanding - how to create small groups
we had foreclosures like this 90 years ago
we'd have thousands organizing to support those kicked out of their homes, lobbying to change laws
where are the associations?
why aren't people using it this way?
the knowledge of what it would take to form a local group and know that they have the power to begin
EMPOWERMENT
where did it go?
is what is being offered an industrial or democratic .... joining people or dividing people. is the role of an individual that of a citizen or a useful volunteer
whitman poem on technology
around me i hear the eclat the world
Zephyr Teachout (Howard Dean '04)
"industrial" language
v
"democratic" language
distribute power, not tasks
not mobilization, but organization
model of american associations
this was seen as the main american innovations
de toqueville
thus the most democratic country ...
1955 - 5% were prez of local voluntary associations
we had the political muscle, understanding - how to create small groups
we had foreclosures like this 90 years ago
we'd have thousands organizing to support those kicked out of their homes, lobbying to change laws
where are the associations?
why aren't people using it this way?
the knowledge of what it would take to form a local group and know that they have the power to begin
EMPOWERMENT
where did it go?
is what is being offered an industrial or democratic .... joining people or dividing people. is the role of an individual that of a citizen or a useful volunteer
whitman poem on technology
around me i hear the eclat the world
