Reply #33: More action in the "deep democratic tradition"

[govegan]

Is that tradition alive today? IT IS, if Kucinich has anything to say about it.

"Democracy is always a movement of an energized public to make elites responsible--it is at its core and most basic foundation the taking back of one's powers in the face of the misuse of elite power. In this sense, democracy is more a verb than a noun--it is more a dynamic striving and collective movement than a static order or stationary status quo. Democracy is not just a system of governance, as we tend to think of it, but a cultural way of being. This is where the voices of our great democratic truth tellers come in." -- Cornel West

"There is nothing more important in the culture of man than to resist the dangers of commerce." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nadie come naranjas, bajo la luna llena. Es preciso comer, fruta verde y helada." -- Garcia Lorca