Reply #68: The total dominance of commercial culture is the main force behind the [View All]

[shimmergal]

loss of values, but that's a complex argument to make. Except in the case of jobs moving overseas, etc.

I'm all for us articulating a clear vision about values, but it occurs to me that _helping_ people feel powerful, and valued, was one of the important by-products of the old Ward politics. Actually knowing and recognizing people one-on-one does more to build up their sense of worth that giving them groups to hate, as you rightly point out the Repubs. do.

Maybe we need to reinstate small-scale, "retail" politics too.