To many of my friends, today’s newspapers, political parties and public service look a lot more like General Motors than they do Google, Facebook, or better still, Mozilla, ForestEthics, or Teach For America. As they look at the institutions Martin assumes they should engage, they’re still evaluating: should we bail them out or should we just let them go bankrupt and start from scratch?
David Eaves on the misconception of using ‘youth’ voting behaviour as a proxy for social engagement. This reminded me of a documentary I saw on the Obama election campaign - forgot the title. One of the identified key succes factors was the engagement on a local level of masses of 20-something aged supporters.
Source: eaves.ca
