Transparency and truthfulness in reporting are of the utmost importance. Powerful interests use the ability to control information and media reporting for their advantage. Knowledge asymmetries in society are a fundamental inequality in society that keeps specific populace segments from acting in their best interests. It is up to progressives and all concerned citizens to make sure there is transparency in media reporting and make sure the public, not elite individuals, is the final decider of information.
The Progressive Imperative - Safeguarding the Individual and Democracy
We now enter the Post-COVID time when there is an increasing questioning of our institutions and how they should be functioning in order to serve the public good. Our desire to make the world a better place for the people is more important than ever, and we can play an essential role in re-defining the world for the betterment of society.
Unfortunately, many of these crucial conversations occur between the corporations and elite individuals like Bill Gates without input from the greater public, which those institutions are purported to serve.
Progressives, given their historical concerns, have a special mission here - making sure the people have a direct role in our institutions' design, ensuring they are fully transparent in their actions, and making sure they are ultimately accountable to the people.
COVID has shown us that the world is far more interconnected and complex than we initially imagined. Given this, it is easy to become discouraged by the complexity and defer our thinking to experts or scientists. We might say, "let's focus on things we understand like gender and racial equality," but to do so would be a mistake - the development of the future lies with all of us, not just a few experts.
In a complex world, in a genuine democracy, we need lively and free debate, we need all viewpoints to be heard. We can no longer let experts decide what constitutes the greater good while leaving a minority of people to be harmed. It is the role of the progressive to ensure that equality is upheld and the minority is protected.
Long-time activist and head of the Organic Consumers Association, Ronnie Cummins, states the challenge nicely: "We will never make a revolution, head off the Great Reset, nor survive the climate crisis, without overcoming racism, classism, and sexism. But neither can we make a revolution without confronting corporate power and uniting constituencies and nations that are now in conflict."
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