Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Masses vs. Citizens - ala Benjamin Barber

Strong democracy is not government by "the people" or government by "the masses," because people are not yet a citizenry and masses are only nominal freemen who do not in fact govern themselves....

Masses make noise, citizens deliberate; masses behave, citizens act; masses collide and intersect; citizens engage, share, and contribute. At the moment when "masses" start deliberating, sharing and contributing, they cease to be masses and become citizens.



So, Lebanese are...

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