I found it somewhat paradoxical that I agreed with both your article and Mr. Crawford’s response. And I should add that Mr. Crawford and I are in agreement that a society that is built on vast inequality of wealth is eventually going to fail.
I disagree that we can somehow solve this issue within the context of western democracy. Whatever laws we do write, big money will always find more influence than it deserves.
I found your conclusion somewhat profound:
It won’t be easy, but nothing worth striving for ever is.
So what should your average reader do about this? How should they strive?
I don’t consider joining a protest demonstration or putting up articles on internet forums as striving. This is only about bending the will of those who aspire for elected office. Such action seldom considers that the “other side” may have something valuable to contribute.
Here is what I consider as striving. Spending about 10 hours a months working with your neighbors to build another kind of democracy. While the rest of the world is watching Netflix or cheering on sports teams or sitting in a nightclub or whacking balls on a golf course, you will be moving your society forward.
