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He had restricted the use of state parks by poor and lower-middle-class families in the first place, by limiting access to the parks by rapid transit; he had vetoed the Long Island Rail Road’s proposed construction of a branch spur to Jones Beach for this reason. Now he began to limit access by buses; he instructed Shapiro to build the bridges acro
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policies of “humor over rumor” and “fast, fun and fair” responses.
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
Regard for power implies disregard for those without power as is demonstrated by what happened after Moses shifted the route of the Northern State Parkway away from Otto Kahn’s golf course.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
Democratic society works only if people are educated for it, and education cannot be democratic without involving direct political engagement.
Nathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
securing a more democratic future also requires fresh attention to how online spaces organize, constrain, and enable everyday politics.
Nathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
Both Debian and Wikipedia combine electoral processes with meritocratic barriers in order to ensure that leaders are not just popular but exhibit a high level of expertise.
Nathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
But for Black people and for Latinos, who tend to live in cities and who together comprise the majority of the imprisoned, the logic of the situation is clear. Their imprisoned bodies are converted into someone else’s right to elect people who build more prisons.