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<p>Thanks Pat</p>
<p>The first article in the news letter you sent is a very good
article.<br>
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<p>In the article <i><b><a
href="https://open.comment.org/e3t/Ctc/OS+113/d2CL7D04/VVtT9p3rJxLlVCW-Zc4yZmh8W67tPB75lKqcvMmLVT63qgyTW8wLKSR6lZ3p0W62NmVS2ByjgFW3j9Mx120Dz6QW2_95602ZBV5pW5wPlM929lsBwN8_xf6L6RWmlW1J72fV3FrSKgW7GF9Rc11GPJQW1Fj1z831qk_LW5s0xD71zf5f5W89MRqK4_zFlQW6BfLBK1Kk1WsW4mcdqk2_5s4BW25KpMX7mxdbrN96nHGChw8s-W3XpJhd55sbHxW7M9Vvy1PCqxVW7bR7Q_3hLRKmW5SC5wk1tH-xyW2_GKTh2sXP6_W55CZsY9lc4FnW13Qw3z8rfxmyN2KL59XZQWY3W4TJLVh23KgNwW7-z-yw4XLMDsW72lrlN3XVMFlW7v465C89vH4kW7WSb-W1ylp7QW33h7NJ37QKVZf8ln6Hj04"><font
size="4">The Possibilities and Perils of Populism</font></a></b><u>:A
working-class perspective on the fragile American dream </u></i>Skyler
Adleta concludes: <br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span
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is a kind of populism that can be healthy—more than that,
might be<span> </span></span><em
style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 20px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(40, 43, 0); font-style: italic; color: rgb(232, 230, 227); font-family: "Portrait Text Web"; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 100; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">necessary</em><span
style="color: rgb(232, 230, 227); font-family: "Portrait Text Web"; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 100; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(40, 43, 0); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">—for
our country to heal. But it must be a populism dedicated to
mutual respect, not one guided by vengeance and stagnant
grievance. Having the ability to advocate for and see one
another clearly is the only thing that will begin to heal not
just the class divide but America itself. Liberty and civic
harmony have been hijacked by partisanship. Our friendly
disposition toward demagoguery and authoritarianism is
allowing it to happen.</span></blockquote>
We shouldn't trust our immediate reaction but advocate for and see
one another clearly to make better choices.</p>
<p>I recently read a book by Mathew Fox where he infers that Donald
Trump and the MAGA movement are the Antichrist. he draws from the
mystics like Meister Eckhart to try to understand the significance
of the anti Christ which is very interesting. His inference to
the contemporary American context however is entirely based on the
unexamined dominant narrative endorsed by the rich and powerful.
I was very disappointed having a youthful hero of mine
hypocritically slandering the MAGA movement as intolerant bigoted
self serving liars. In his uncritical praise of Kamala Harris he
ignores that the Democratic party canceled its primaries to push
Kamala and her unwavering support of war and the deep state into
power. The Democratic party was once a party that stood for
peace. Now we find that one time anti war contenders of the
Democratic party Tulsi Gabard and Robert Kennedy Junior are
endorsing Trump while GOP war criminals, Dick Cheney and George
Bush are endorsing Kamala. "by their fruits you shall know them"</p>
<p>At a MAGA event Organized by another one time democrat Bret
Weinstein; Russel Brandt, Jorden Peterson and Jimmy Dore make a
theological appeal for a populism of mutual respect and working
class solidarity to put an end to war.</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Boj1yKaRoYg?si=m91_gP8zbPgbgAtH">Russell
Brand @RussellBrand) with Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
(@JordanBPeterson) | Rescue the Republic</a><br>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/-4hBckhSG6A?si=hBWLN0VD5qiByKil">Jimmy
Dore (@thejimmydoreshow | Rescue the Republic</a><br>
<br>
This is that kind of healthy populism that is necessary in this
age of demagoguery.</p>
<p>Art <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/03/24 1:43 p.m., Patricia Smiley
via Sundaycommunity wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="4"><b>I have been receiving this newsletter in
my mailbox for a few years. I don't remember how I came
across it in the first place but apparently it is produced
in my new hometown of Hamilton! (Remember the bishop of
Hamilton in the 1980s. A very thoughtful and truly
progressive man who was generally interested in young
people and how they came to their faith. I met him on
retreat at Guelph one time and had a nice conversation
with him - I was definitely part of the youth category at
the time being about 23 - and didn't realize he was the
Bishop. He was genuinely interested in me and my plans
for living out my faith.</b></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><b>So, Hamilton was definitely at one time a
place to inspire and foster faith.</b></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><b>I was interested in this piece that is
the forerunner this week, as it touches in a topic that
was brought up in last Sunday's reflection time. Being
interested in the interplay of civil society and the
powers that be, this article has some thoughtful
suggestions about how our young people enter civil society
as those who can now vote and support those powers. It
seems to me sometimes that the elders of the Church (the
hierarchy) don't care about young people and how we would
want them to be educated in making their path to social
and environmental justice in the world they live in. You
have to admit our generation has made a bit of a mess of
the environment especially.</b></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><b>So, I hope those who are interested in
the progress of our next generations take some interest
and this provokes some thought.</b></font></div>
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<div><font size="4"><b>Peace, Pat</b></font></div>
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easy to get whipped up
by populist rhetoric. We
like the belonging it
provides us, even
when—especially when—it
pushes others out. While
some tribalism is
unavoidable in a US
culture where
differences run deep, <a
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a compelling argument
that “there is something
distinctly un-American
in how populism is
manifesting itself in
working-class society
today.” What concerns
Adleta is the “fear and
anger” that are fanning
the flames of populism
to the point where
followers on each side
“are willing to
relinquish their
convictions into the
hands of a political
leader.” Such “leader
worship” is not good for
the polity.</p>
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style="line-height:150%;font-family:PortraitText-Regular2,Georgia,serif">During
Donald Trump’s first run
for the White House,
Adleta was working in a
factory and catching
snippets of <i>The
Apprentice</i> star
talking angrily about
immigrants flooding into
the country and jobs
being shipped overseas
because the Democrats
did not care for the
working class. Adleta, a
card-carrying member of
that class, “took Donald
Trump’s dire warnings as
little more than those
of a carnival
ringmaster.” Yet over
time, the narrative
started to draw him in.
Adleta started seeing
himself and his people
as the victims of
decisions the
Democratics had made.
And while he found a
home in many of Trump’s
policies, his
identification with
Trump’s rhetoric came at
a cost: “I invited in
bitterness and
dissatisfaction and bade
farewell to the healthy
patriotism and
determination found in
the classical American
mythology of promise.”</p>
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<p
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Adleta found a hero in
another American
politician: Alexander
Hamilton. Listening to
the soundtrack to
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s
musical (and reading Ron
Chernow’s biography on
which it is based),
Adleta saw the potency
of a story about a
hardworking outsider
rising up through
industry and
perseverance. “I do
think,” Adleta writes,
as he reflects on his
return to the factory
where he eventually rose
up, improved himself,
and found his version of
the American dream,
“something verging on
the sacred occurs when
hope is allowed to
leaven a people’s
cultural identity in
sobriety and
solidarity.” (<a
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the university where
political scientist <a
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den Dulk</a> was
employed created its
strategic vision, they
named civic engagement
as one of their goals
for student education.
But what exactly does
that look like? And how
is civic formation
undertaken within the
confines of academia? In
this essay from the <i>Comment</i>
archives, den Dulk
acknowledges that civil
society plays a role in
such formation, but by
no means should it be
the only one with stakes
in the game:</p>
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<p
style="line-height:150%;font-family:PortraitText-Regular2,Georgia,serif;padding-left:40px">Let
me stipulate that civil
society, under the right
conditions, <i>does</i>
help us cultivate our
life in common. The
evidence is deep and
wide on that point,
though qualified
considerably by those
conditions. We might
come away from
participation in
fraternal groups and
sports leagues and
houses of worship with
capacities and
dispositions that good
citizens should possess.
But maybe not. And
recent evidence suggests
that “maybe not”
describes the reality
more often than some
civil-society
triumphalists see or
admit. Civil society, it
seems, will not save
politics.</p>
<p
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<p
style="line-height:150%;font-family:PortraitText-Regular2,Georgia,serif;padding-left:40px">My
university is not alone
in misplacing political
formation. The problem
is widespread, even in
the Western democracies
we might expect to pay
closest attention to
educating citizens. The
problem is also urgent,
as public institutions
and political cultures
across the globe crack
under the pressures of
new forces and
movements. Our efforts
at civic education are
not up to the task of
the political moment.
The challenge is how to
educate for citizenship
when civil society is
not necessarily built
for that purpose—and
might even, under the
right conditions, choke
the effort. The
challenge is how to
educate for citizenship
by taking politics and
its locus in the state
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