The construction of political apathy

Margaret mairead at mindspring.com
Wed Jan 20 16:22:45 PST 1999


Eric wrote...


> But, because people are not really attached to
>or enamored with the system as it is, it seems to me to be a decent enough
>cynicism from which to launch real social, political, and economic change.

Pretty to think so, certainly. But the trick is how do we actually make a start? The Labor Party has made some inroads in organising people, but it feels like only a drop in the bucket.

Would something like a 'Tax Wealth Not Income' scheme take fire? Can the numbers be made to work?

=margaret



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