David Weinberger asks: “Why is it that these tools for a better democracy are coming from the left? Or are there similar tools developed by the right that I don’t know about?”
At the NCMR2007 (the great majority of which is now available online) I was puzzled by the same thing. It seems paradoxical. The Free Press held a nonpartisan gathering that provided an opening for understanding how media work today and alternatives for re-shaping our media. The conference really was nonpartisan, and yet the attendees were largely “progressives.” Wouldn’t you think that a nonpartisan event would draw participants from across the entire political spectrum?
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Would it be fair to say that the left sees a benefit in “better democracy” while the right sees benefits in controlling the masses that operate against their interests?
The right prefers to stack the courts and legislate their morality… control measures.
Is that too simplistic? It works for me.