Word: egalitarians
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...coverage in a major newspaper, but true Bostonians would never doubt the relevance of the Herald’s lurid press account. The Tom Brady ball cap controversy only underscores the importance of the Red Sox in local culture—a team beloved by New Englanders for the egalitarian, working class values it embodies...
...anyone can do it”—by explaining its central themes in terms of contemporary society. Rather than limiting art to the elite, Proctor says, Fluxus aims to renegotiate the position of art in the social structure. “[Fluxus] is really a kind of egalitarian move, where there is the sense that art should not be something that is made by a few, and only accessible to a few,” he says. “The idea in many cases with Fluxus is to sort of rescue experience and reclaim that kind...
...Second Life’s problems involve the foundations of capitalism—economic success and self-interest—it is not capitalism that is the problem in Second Life. In fact, as a reflection of the real world, it is good that Second Life is not an egalitarian utopia to which few could actually relate and from which even fewer could learn...
...hisessay "A Can-Do Nation" [April 9], Bill Bradley rightly described the American character as "open, generous, expansive, forward looking, creative, egalitarian and optimistic." His article should be required reading for each and every presidential candidate. Enough with the gloom and doom...
Americans historically have not been narrow, selfish or preoccupied with the present at the expense of the future. We have been open, generous, expansive, forward looking, creative, egalitarian and optimistic. And that's who we still are today. All we need is a new story about what is possible--and the political courage to honor our best selves...