IGS 10a Chapter Notes - Chapter LATTE: Charismatic Authority, Radical Transparency
12 Sep 2016
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New communications tech help create global movements in which individuals rise above personal, even national self-interest and aspire to common good solutions to problems that plague the entire planet . Simple justice, radical transparent, no contentious action unnoticed and unpublicized. Tibet gains attention, but thousands of equally deserving (uighurs) have little. Global civil society not an open forum market by altruism, but darwinian marketplace where desperate group vie for scarce attention, sympathy, and money. Marketing trumps justice and local challengers face long odds. Fight for attention, confront indifference, face opponents w/ top pr machines. More democratic and participatory groups less likely to gain western ngo support than group led by strong, charismatic leader. Myth of equitable and beneficent global society apathy and self-satisfaction among industrialized nations neglect of worthy causes around the world. 2001: 126 high-intensity conflicts, 78 low-intensity conflicts, and 178 violent political conflicts. Local movement usually follow 2 marketing strategies.
