Hmm. I agree with most of this... We need a positive new story of participatory community and genuine democracy; let me count the lies we live with about freedom, speech, economics; community engagement and mass conversation and a willingness to remodel our institutions on what we see working for people in small ways around the world; my there's a lot to say about economics, and money in politics, and what they ignore about life; I swear I'm still trying to be positive and hopeful...