Defening Democracy Against Philanthropists
Jay Taber wrote, in 2003, a piece, "Defending Democracy," that remains informative and seems now prophetic. Here is an outtake: The established elite of a community rarely do their own dirty work. For that, they employ their dependants, which includes charitable and pseudo public-interest organizations that benefit from their philanthropy. In this way, authentic activists committed to democratic values—the white blood cells of a community-- frequently encounter overt opposition from their ideol
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