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blacksuit discovered 3 months ago- Robert Reich's musings on the election and Obama v. McCain
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- The Four Stories of American Life by Robert Reich in his Blog Robert Reich is the nation's 22nd Secretary of Labor and a professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
1. the art of the political narrative. The Triumphant Individual. The Benevolent Community. The Mob at the Gates. The Rot at the Top. 2. A little history 3. Comes George Bush 4. The challenge for progressives The Four Stories of American Life Consider that nations could very well behave, kind of, like individuals and observe how: - the US is like the adolescent among nations - the EU is like the adult among nations - and China is like the grand-mother among nations Fact is that the narrative of adolescents is different from the narrative of adults that is different from the narrative of grand-parents. Robert Reich gives us a masterly description of the adolescent narrative about nations. It is a non-dualist approach that fits the canon of modern theories of change in dynamic environments as well as the logic of the Tao. - "The Triumphant Individual" is the young active polarity (young yang) that ages into "the Benevolent Community" which is the old active polarity (old yang). - The old active polarity then degenerates into "The Mob at the Gates" which is the young passive polarity (young yin) that in turn transforms into the old passive polarity "The Rot at the Top". - The old passive polarity then degenerates into a new young active polarity, thus, engaging a new cycle of change. The mass movement for change behind Obama illustrates the emergence of a new young active polarity possibly signaling the start of a new cycle in American societal life. At the light of this narrative of change in the American adolescent nation the present electoral cycle takes an interesting intellectual twist.
- The Four Stories of American Life by Robert Reich in his Blog Robert Reich is the nation's 22nd Secretary of Labor and a professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
