And BTW, I see and hear of and participate in a lot more grassroots democracy here in America than I ever even see reported on ET.

That is reasonable and the opposite would be surprising. ET is mostly about the european level of politics, mainly because local politics is shifted along national and laguage boundaries. When I participate in swedish politics, ET is not the main forum for me, as there exists other local forums which are better suited for that purpose (and they are in swedish). Though I try to report some nuggets of it here, that is not the same as seeing the process in action at MyDD or Daily Kos.

So, I see and hear of and participate in a lot more grassroots democracy here in Sweden than I ever report on ET.

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