Questions for IN Us We Trust
Why should we be optimistic that these sytems of work are going to work, or are going to change human nature?
Panelists differed on their views some saying that we may still have ‘further to slide’ before we start to reform ourselves, others thinking that we’ve reached that point already.
Wacker – 3 things going on, conspiring in this country –
1. plutocracy – putting money in the hands of a few who control
2. conservative manifesto – one country will dominate
3. dominionist religious component – women are second to men.
These three things will have the potential to create the perfect storm that will create the fall that will result in a participative democracy that is not centered in this country.