Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
I prefer the sort of coercive liberal agendas like I advocate, because I think I make it clear when I have an axe to grind. I'm not sure about the meta self-knowledge of these local community organizers. I am suspicious they may be bullies in disguise, but just so impotent that all they can pull off are small local renovation projects. It is a proxy for the impact they wish they had.
This comment reminds me of Lampedusa's Leopard, who was characterized somewhere in the novel as "The prince did not wish to help with that noble cause as he was fully aware of his handicap of not being able to dominate/bully people efficiently." [Quote is from memory.]
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