Capital Research Center on the Democracy Alliance:
George Soros is spurring a handful of wealthy donors who have formed a loose-knit group that is funding a permanent political infrastructure of nonprofits, think tanks, media outlets, leadership schools, and activist groups—a kind of vast left-wing conspiracy to mirror groups in the conservative movement. It’s called the Democracy Alliance (DA). The Democrats’ surprise capture of both houses of Congress in November gives the new group a perfect opening. But the DA is off to a rocky start and has been surprisingly reluctant to disburse funds to sympathetic groups.
Left wing of rich folks versus the right wing of rich folks. I guess that is checks and balances, the democratic process at work. We are supposed to root for one side or the other. That way we are well-represented.
It's too bad that leaders of neither party, nor their funders, grasp the fact when people connect with each other, using the internet as a tool, they can solve problems that government will never solve. When leaders act as intermediaries to bring such groups together on a more consistent basis, they will earn more respect as leaders.
When all of this happens more consistently, government will shrink and it will change, because people are reclaiming the responsibility for their own futures.
A dream? Maybe. The future? Hopefully.
Posted by: Daniel F. Bassill | January 21, 2007 at 11:50 AM
I believe your dream is pretty widely shared at the grassroots, and transcends what we call "party affiliation." We can solve many of our own problems collectively at a local or grassroots level, but the convening would be facilitated by leadership from those who are able to pull together the right people from the various silos of giving, government, faith communities, and others. The internet helps as do face to face meetings. Seems the time is right.
Posted by: Phil | January 21, 2007 at 01:22 PM