Yoshie asks:
> So, the question is, what does it take to get 2.5-5% of
Americans to get mad as hell and _act like French
protesters_ (as opposed to demonstrate every six months
or so, without shutting down a single city)?
Possibly a more commutarian sense of self as opposed to the hyperindividualization of American culture?
A sense of (Jamesian) pluralism (which I am all for) may in some ways mitigate against mass action. For me, the large problem is cultuvating both a healthy sense of pluralism and a healthy recognition of shared values.
Pluralism run rampant results in hyperindividualization.
Unexamined, blindly accepted shared values lead to bigotry and parochialism.
I think balancing both is one of the challenges we face.
Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Resister