I like to read your posts. They do carry the right message.
Yet at the same time I wonder if they move the needle. Do they have the potential to reach outside the bubble? The potential to grow the democratic community? The potential to convince and win over the people who are disinterested or full of doubt? Does it even reach them?
The "dark side", actually, is pretty good at that. They seem to continuously grow their sphere of influence. By means we do not want to employ. By lies, by fake news, by threats, by forgery, by buying of votes.
The outcome of the Moldavian referendum on EU membership as a constitutional objective again bears witness. Other examples abound.
Our challenge is clear: How can we reach beyond our bubble, talk to new people, touch them?
These are interesting and legitimate questions. Thank you! I don't think they contradict this blog and my aim. What do I mean by that? Writing these letters makes me think about democracy every day. These thoughts are not only reflected in these letters, but also determine my behavior in everyday life. Perhaps it is the same with some readers. Thoughts arise, develop, passed on. It won't change everything. Of cause not. It is a small mosaic. But it is something. Some hundred people are reading this. It is what I am capable of. It is my contribution to save democracy.
I like to read your posts. They do carry the right message.
Yet at the same time I wonder if they move the needle. Do they have the potential to reach outside the bubble? The potential to grow the democratic community? The potential to convince and win over the people who are disinterested or full of doubt? Does it even reach them?
The "dark side", actually, is pretty good at that. They seem to continuously grow their sphere of influence. By means we do not want to employ. By lies, by fake news, by threats, by forgery, by buying of votes.
The outcome of the Moldavian referendum on EU membership as a constitutional objective again bears witness. Other examples abound.
Our challenge is clear: How can we reach beyond our bubble, talk to new people, touch them?
These are interesting and legitimate questions. Thank you! I don't think they contradict this blog and my aim. What do I mean by that? Writing these letters makes me think about democracy every day. These thoughts are not only reflected in these letters, but also determine my behavior in everyday life. Perhaps it is the same with some readers. Thoughts arise, develop, passed on. It won't change everything. Of cause not. It is a small mosaic. But it is something. Some hundred people are reading this. It is what I am capable of. It is my contribution to save democracy.