How was your weekend? How was your reading? Here's a roundup of our work for Friday:
Yvette had an interesting phrase: We have to live and go by what the government enforces. We affect change by coming together She's right: the government has a lot of power over our everyday lives, although we like to think (and talk!) like we have a lot of power over government and politicians' lives.
Several of you noted that the way to change government's malfeasances is to work together. A pretty big theorist named Gramsci also thought this (he called it "organic intellectuals" that would help people form a coherent group.) But Jocelyn pointed out one difficulty in banking on a group of people: The hard part is getting many people one specific topic, you will always have a handful that disapproves. Which can explain how we’re in this bind.
Several of you also noted the effectiveness/ineffectiveness of protesting, as well as the importance of being informed. Isabel had an interesting point that's also very similar to what we've been discussing in class. Part of the problem is that Ultimately the government (congress) has the last say in what goes down and the common people in the end lack representation in a congress filled with predominantly white, rich people.
Yvette had an interesting phrase: We have to live and go by what the government enforces. We affect change by coming together She's right: the government has a lot of power over our everyday lives, although we like to think (and talk!) like we have a lot of power over government and politicians' lives.
Several of you noted that the way to change government's malfeasances is to work together. A pretty big theorist named Gramsci also thought this (he called it "organic intellectuals" that would help people form a coherent group.) But Jocelyn pointed out one difficulty in banking on a group of people: The hard part is getting many people one specific topic, you will always have a handful that disapproves. Which can explain how we’re in this bind.
Several of you also noted the effectiveness/ineffectiveness of protesting, as well as the importance of being informed. Isabel had an interesting point that's also very similar to what we've been discussing in class. Part of the problem is that Ultimately the government (congress) has the last say in what goes down and the common people in the end lack representation in a congress filled with predominantly white, rich people.
And, on one final note, I have strong memories of hearing Hank Williams Jr sing "Monday night fooooooootballll," which is also what I hear when I write "Sunday night wrrrraaaaaaaapp-uuupppp."
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