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Why Johnny can't (productively) Democratize

by: metamars

Thu Sep 10, 2009 at 09:18

(By "Democratize", I want to communicate "participate in an authentic democracy")

This following is a copy of an email I sent to Nancy Bordier this morning. (With minor edits.) Nancy is thinking of writing a "Progressive Voter's Party-Building Manual" The idea I present is basically to provide motivation for moving to vote-bloc technology, which would be simple enough to target young people.

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