tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332582469324010500.post4380091749683681061..comments2024-01-16T12:22:10.415+00:00Comments on We are not the beautiful: What's so scary about economic turmoil?We are not the beautifulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469463466277712732noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332582469324010500.post-41398015662757752422013-04-12T10:42:35.329+01:002013-04-12T10:42:35.329+01:00Well I wish we will not experience again economic ...Well I wish we will not experience again economic depression. This is the worst thing that will ever happen today.http://www.group-global.org/http://www.group-global.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332582469324010500.post-18282760445561856382013-03-29T18:38:53.400+00:002013-03-29T18:38:53.400+00:00Not to my knowledge he hasn't. Your experience...Not to my knowledge he hasn't. Your experience is I'm sure common and basically true. I would make one caveat though - whoever dominates at citizens assemblies would I believe have less obvious interests the cotorie of govt ministers, civil servants and their 'buddies' (quite literally) in large business. So the results will be less predictable and more reflective of society's actual needs.We are not the beautifulhttp://www.idealoblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332582469324010500.post-2144095652724972272013-03-29T14:24:16.323+00:002013-03-29T14:24:16.323+00:00Cogent and well-thought out as ever. Has Dan Hind ...Cogent and well-thought out as ever. Has Dan Hind put much thought into how he'd ensure democratic turn out at these citizen assemblies? In my experience working on the ground in social housing estates, it's usually mainly white middle class older people who get involved in forums/associations etc. However I've also found that parents groups tend to be tremendously diverse, positive and with a good knowledge of problems faced and how to tackle them.Simply radicalhttp://simplyradical.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com