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The Procrustean Democracy of AmericaSpeaks: Part Six

July 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment

In Part 5, I continued my analysis of the June 26th AmericaSpeaks Community Conversation event I attended in Falls Church, VA, focusing on Step Five in the decision process used in the meeting. In that post the specific option choice frameworks AmericaSpeaks presented to participants in the categories of Health Care and Social Security spending, […]

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The Procrustean Democracy of AmericaSpeaks: Part Five

July 7th, 2010 · Comments Off on The Procrustean Democracy of AmericaSpeaks: Part Five

In my last post I continued my analysis of the June 26th AmericaSpeaks Community Conversation event I attended in Falls Church, VA, focusing on Step Five in the decision process used in the meeting. In that post I was critical of the overall bias in the general orientation toward the options workbook and the choices […]

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The Procrustean Democracy of AmericaSpeaks: Part Four

July 7th, 2010 · Comments Off on The Procrustean Democracy of AmericaSpeaks: Part Four

In my previous three posts analyzing the June 26th AmericaSpeaks Community Conversation event I attended in Falls Church, VA, I presented the steps in the decision process used for the event, and discussed the pre-conference phase and the first four steps. These reflect a strong and consistent bias toward socializing participants into the idea that […]

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