Kurt Schmoke: A Man Ahead of His Time

[RainDog]

3. thanks

I guess the reason I identify as a politically progressive person is that I think we can overcome some of the worst abuses of power. We've seen this happen in the past with trust busting. We've seen this happen in racist social policy.

The problem is that political time is glacial while real time deals with so many trying to dog paddle while the oceans rise.

I don't advocate violence for political change - you always get as much bad as good in the immediate aftermath - but the truth is that, historically, things change two ways - either through an evolution to more justice and fairness or having that justice ripped from the lives of those who oppose it.

I prefer evolution, but since we live in an age of "faster," political evolution needs to respond in a more timely way as well.