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John Macgregor
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Propinquity
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The Mechanics of Changing the World: Political Architecture to Roll Back State & Corporate Power
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The Upstream Principle
Democracy was devised in 508 BC to separate political power from wealth.
The modern version—representative democracy—is easy for organized money to game & capture.
That’s the root cause of most of our war, ecocide & inequality.
Yet we largely ignore our flawed model of governance—& focus on the downstream problems.
The hallmark of modern protest is its atomization—a thousand reform movements attacking Read more of this blog post »
The modern version—representative democracy—is easy for organized money to game & capture.
That’s the root cause of most of our war, ecocide & inequality.
Yet we largely ignore our flawed model of governance—& focus on the downstream problems.
The hallmark of modern protest is its atomization—a thousand reform movements attacking Read more of this blog post »
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"In the wake of the results of the November 5th, 2024 US election, the party that won already has a blueprint for change, a 920 page Project. This book is nearly diametrically opposed of that agenda. (Disclosure: I received a review copy from the auth"
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"This book is a must-read for anyone interested in repairing and improving our captured and broken Democracy. It’s a fascinating bird’s-eye-view of our system’s failures, how we got here, and what a ‘Third Draft Democracy’ might look like.
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Thank you Jasmine.
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In Sept 2013 Propinquity was re-published typo-free.