Sublime

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.

Democratic society works only if people are educated for it, and education cannot be democratic without involving direct political engagement.

By definition, more people support the majority view than support the minority one. But for some questions there is also a long tradition of requiring super majorities rather than simple majorities. Jean-Jacques Rousseau held that “the more grave and important the questions discussed, the nearer should the opinion that is to prevail approach

contributes to the unmanageability of professionals: their daily roles as “experts.”

policies of “humor over rumor” and “fast, fun and fair” responses.