{"id":322,"date":"2009-11-08T05:05:41","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T05:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2009-11-08T05:05:41","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T05:05:41","slug":"is-true-global-democracy-the-next-great-political-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/is-true-global-democracy-the-next-great-political-movement.php","title":{"rendered":"Is True Global Democracy the Next Great Political Movement?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A near-universal disillusionment with traditional forms of government is driving new expressions of democracy around the world, underscored by a growing awareness of global issues and Internet-based connectivity. Paul Hawken of Orion<\/em> magazine describes<\/a> how many of the networking trends evident over the last decade are coalescing to create new ways for socially- and politically-minded groups to organize and make a difference:<\/p>

This is the first time in history that a large social movement is not bound together by an \"ism.\" What binds it together is ideas, not ideologies. This unnamed movement's big contribution is the absence of one big idea; in its stead it offers thousands of practical and useful ideas. In place of isms are processes, concerns, and compassion. The movement demonstrates a pliable, resonant, and generous side of humanity...<\/p>

The promise of this unnamed movement is to offer solutions to what appear to be insoluble dilemmas: poverty, global climate change, terrorism, ecological degradation, polarization of income, loss of culture. It is not burdened with a syndrome of trying to save the world; it is trying to remake the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Source: AlterNet<\/a><\/p>

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