Tony Benn has five questions to suss out power in democracy:
1. What power have you got?
2. Where did you get it from?
3. In whose interests do your exercise it?
4. To whom are you accountable?
5. How do we get rid of you?
"Only democracy gives us that right. That is why no one with power likes democracy, and that is why every generations…
Tony Benn has five questions to suss out power in democracy:
1. What power have you got?
2. Where did you get it from?
3. In whose interests do your exercise it?
4. To whom are you accountable?
5. How do we get rid of you?
"Only democracy gives us that right. That is why no one with power likes democracy, and that is why every generations must struggle to win it and keep it." - 2005
Unfortunately, as Chris points out, our country has vomited up some of the worst leaders of democracy in the last 40 years. Instead they were leaders for empire, wealth accumulation, and the worst parts of the unipolar globalism. I support Chris Hedges' thesis, we lost our democracy a long time ago - and so many Americans have just accepted the move to a totalitarian state - because they are struggling with their own issues as if they are somehow disconnected to empire.
I'll leave this quote from Tony Benn because it is a reminder for the reader. Something we should not forget in our darkest moments, even though it is easy to displace blame in all directions.
"If we can find money to kill people, we can find money to help people" - Tony Benn (1925 - 2014)
Tony Benn has five questions to suss out power in democracy:
1. What power have you got?
2. Where did you get it from?
3. In whose interests do your exercise it?
4. To whom are you accountable?
5. How do we get rid of you?
"Only democracy gives us that right. That is why no one with power likes democracy, and that is why every generations must struggle to win it and keep it." - 2005
Unfortunately, as Chris points out, our country has vomited up some of the worst leaders of democracy in the last 40 years. Instead they were leaders for empire, wealth accumulation, and the worst parts of the unipolar globalism. I support Chris Hedges' thesis, we lost our democracy a long time ago - and so many Americans have just accepted the move to a totalitarian state - because they are struggling with their own issues as if they are somehow disconnected to empire.
I'll leave this quote from Tony Benn because it is a reminder for the reader. Something we should not forget in our darkest moments, even though it is easy to displace blame in all directions.
"If we can find money to kill people, we can find money to help people" - Tony Benn (1925 - 2014)