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You tell us that the problem is not undemocratic governments, or untrustworthy or myopic leaders. Or financial neo-feudalism. But then you tell us that the German Energiewende is being derailed by incumbent lobbies.

Our problems are political. Are our political problems a consequence of our lack of awareness, or is the lack of awareness a consequence of dysfunctional politics?

It's all about power, and how power shapes culture.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 13th, 2013 at 04:45:43 AM EST

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