"Although Norwegians may not tell you about this the first time you meet them, the fact remains that their society’s high level of freedom and broadly-shared prosperity began when workers and farmers, along with middle class allies, waged a nonviolent struggle that empowered the people to govern for the common good."
Wow. We could do that. But I'm quite certain we won't.
I saved the link to that Swarthmore nonviolent action database; that could be interesting.
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"Although Norwegians may not tell you about this the first time you meet them, the fact remains that their society’s high level of freedom and broadly-shared prosperity began when workers and farmers, along with middle class allies, waged a nonviolent struggle that empowered the people to govern for the common good."
ReplyDeleteWow. We could do that. But I'm quite certain we won't.
I saved the link to that Swarthmore nonviolent action database; that could be interesting.
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{blockquote}Silly Blogger {/blockquote}
ReplyDeleteEmpowering people to govern for the common good would ruin our economy...