High Road - As Delivered at Take Back America

The High Road A social justice and values based communications framework for progressive economics Dan Ancona May 2007 Revision

What we stand for ,[object Object],[object Object],[1] Some can be found here: http:// www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Progressive

Progressives are not moral relativists…

we value INTERDEPENDENCE and SUBSTANTIAL FREEDOM Advantages: No mushy, confusing and inaccurate family metaphors. No trace of moral relativism. Historically grounded. Simple. Easily memorized. Relatively complete. Dovetails nicely with common good and other frameworks. Disadvantages: They own the word “freedom,” and “interdependence” is an unfamiliar term. Conservatives are mainly about defending moral orders and expanding the freedom that comes from property rights. (i.e. stuff) Progressives are mainly about realizing interdependence and expanding substantial freedom. (i.e. cognitive liberty)

Realizing interdependence ,[object Object],[object Object],See also: http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdependence (a.k.a. solidarity, a.k.a. why cities are so blue) “ Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” –MLK “ When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” – John Muir

Expanding substantial freedom We’re starting to take it back: Amartya Sen Development as Freedom George Lakoff Whose freedom anyway? Paul Starr Freedom’s Power John Schwartz Freedom Reclaimed The Opportunity Agenda Demos Many other books, organizations and efforts Substantial freedom is the opportunity we have as humans to realize our full potential. It can not be optimized individually. This is what takes a village. (or better yet, a city) This is why conservatism doesn’t work.

Russell Kirk’s 10 Conservative Principles… and ours More: http://speakoutca.org/archives/2006/06/foundations_iii.php democratizing wealth and power reconciling permanence unleashing passions restraining passions social justice and grace voluntary community substantial freedom and cognitive liberty freedom and property hope imperfectability celebrating diversity variety curiosity and wonder prudence ethic of connectedness principle of prescription questioning authority, thinking critically custom, convention, continuity expanding substantial freedom preserving moral orders

Landscape ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Tens of thousands of pages of outstanding, thorough and inspiring research – that the vast majority of voters find utterly incomprehensible.

Hunger for a New Story The food is terrible. And such small portions! GQR 3/7/07: http://democracycorps.com/reports/analyses/Democracy_Corps_February_28_2007_Graphs.pdf Voters disapprove of government performance... ... and solid majorities want more involvement

To tell that story, we need common principles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],This is the 2 nd and a ½ way. It has a name, and a small enough number of points that they can be remembered easily after 2 drinks.

[object Object],[object Object],Secure basic freedoms .

Invest in people . ,[object Object],Pics: see http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/robot.html

[object Object],[object Object],Democratize wealth .

Build the green economy . ,[object Object],[object Object]

Housebreak capitalism . ,[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],Globalize this approach .

Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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