Comments | kimhuett: Whoops There Goes Another Rubber-Tree Plant -- Mike Siddall

kimhuett

Whoops There Goes Another Rubber-Tree Plant -- Mike Siddall

May 04, 2004 16:54

( Something I very much want to demonstrate with this project is that it's possible to write an article which doesn't require humour or personal anecdotes to be a fascinating read. This article by Mike Siddall takes an idea and explores it in a way that I wish more fanwriting did. )

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Simple Rools For Simple Fools john_d_owen May 4 2004, 01:23:01 UTC

Excellent article, well-written and nicely thought-provoking. Mike's right, of course. Politicians try to change from the top and invariably make a mess of things (any number of examples here, but Communist Russia will suffice as a glaring example of how not to run a society). Change that rises from the bottom and works up through a society ends up changing the whole system. The early socialism that brought about changes to working practices and protected the lower classes from avaricious (sp?) industry owners is a good example here. Which raises the question: what do we, as individuals, have to do to spark changes that would, for example, make our societies more ecologically and environmentally self-conscious, or change our society's attitudes to other races or religions?