aka Ken Smith: We'll handle this

In a q & a session once, I had a chance to ask a U. S. senator about how activists could make their voices heard more powerfully. But maybe I didn't ask the question clearly enough. The senator thought I was asking for assistance on a certain problem. He said, roughly, "Just call my office in Washington and my staff will help." Maybe "We'll handle this" is the normal attitude of anyone who has an ID badge in Washington. That's not democracy.#

People protest, says Charles Blow, when they don't feel they have access to power.#

"Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised." --Herbert Croly (excerpt)#