October 25, 2013
The Coming Democratic Revolution
Every journey starts with a single step. So, too, every revolution starts with a single idea, that justice requires a new social covenant. A revolution is about health care, but it's not about health care. It's about nuclear disarmament, but not about nuclear disarmament. It's about protecting the environment, but no, it's not. It is always, though, about democracy, a process that flows inevitably from justice if only ever imperfectly. To talk about democracy in America — and why people like the idea — I turned to the progressive activist David Cobb, who has a much better sense than I do of the pulse of the nation. Thanks, Brother! Total runtime thirty one minutes. Omne tulit pūnctum quī miscuit ūtile dulcī.