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John Macgregor
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Propinquity
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The Mechanics of Changing the World: Political Architecture to Roll Back State & Corporate Power
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Demotic power
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆. ('𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁/𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆.')
𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 '𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀' 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱?
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 - 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁, & 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗮 Read more of this blog post »
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆. ('𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁/𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆.')
𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 '𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀' 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱?
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 - 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁, & 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗮 Read more of this blog post »
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