Mark Bittman offers a meaningful reflection on the meaning of Christmas. Everyone believes their time is the most tumultuous; for all of its challenges, ours probably is not. Violence is on the wane, there’s widespread peace, abundance and progress, and the opportunities for real democracy and understanding have never been greater. If efforts toward progress seem halting, it’s in part because the oligarchs running the United States and most of the rest of the world are desperate to remain in control, because progress threatens the concentration of wealth.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 22:40:13 +0000
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