The Greening of America

fundamentally different

as they experience the recovery of self that marks conversion to a different consciousness.

structure.

That is a discrepancy between the realities of our society and our beliefs about them — we live in unreality. What we don’t understand, we can’t control.

was the final stage — consciousness was primary.

The final lesson of the New Deal, then, is that social change cannot be accomplished without the support of an appropriate consciousness in the people. Mere political change, mere alterations in the law, in structure or in government power cannot accomplish basic reform.

become projectiles, ready to be set in motion by outside energies.

When this happens, correction must come from the outside the machine

those with the most creative ideas.