I think one fertiliser for local, 'real' political engagement is ritual, whether morris dancing, wassailing, church or festivities for the Queen's platinum jubilee. The village I live in has grand plans for the latter and the community will be all the better for it, i believe, notwithstanding that the community has a spectrum political beliefs and grades of loyalty to the crown.
Thanks for this well constructed summary of our common situation. I think we use the spectacle as a way to remain removed from too much reality, which keeps getting scarier. Or we are fed it as a sort of opiate? Yes, we can indeed do better.
Thank you for another thought provoking piece.
I think one fertiliser for local, 'real' political engagement is ritual, whether morris dancing, wassailing, church or festivities for the Queen's platinum jubilee. The village I live in has grand plans for the latter and the community will be all the better for it, i believe, notwithstanding that the community has a spectrum political beliefs and grades of loyalty to the crown.
Thanks for this well constructed summary of our common situation. I think we use the spectacle as a way to remain removed from too much reality, which keeps getting scarier. Or we are fed it as a sort of opiate? Yes, we can indeed do better.