Sunday, January 8, 2012

Cynicism Is for Suckers: How We Can Fight the Greedy Elites That Run Our Lives

2011's successful protests show how hope can change the system. 
 
January 5, 2012

My resolution for 2012 is to be naïve -- dangerously naïve.

I’m aware that the usual recipe for political effectiveness is just the opposite: to be cynical, calculating, an insider. But if you think, as I do, that we need deep change in this country, then cynicism is a sucker’s bet. Try as hard as you can, you’re never going to be as cynical as the corporations and the harem of politicians they pay for.  It’s like trying to outchant a Buddhist monastery.

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