Blessed Disillusionment
Book description
Are you tired of hoping that those beholden to the wrong people will do the right thing?
Decades of electoral work and activism have failed to bring us sustainability, peace, or a just society. Blessed Disillusionmentshows that there is a reason: the political system operates to absorb discontent while averting…
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1 author picked Blessed Disillusionment as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This highly readable exploration of our global predicament and its underlying causes and dynamics is at once alarming and enlightening. Goldstein offers a way to radically change our economic and political systems for the benefit of everyone—including the ecosystems that support life. Local groups could use the book as a manual to study what needs to change and how to take effective and loving action in their communities as part of a larger movement of radical transformation.
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