Ken Robinson
Posts Tagged: TED
22
Mar 10
I’m not blind to republicans
After that last post, which was heavily leftist, I feel like I should point out that I believe there is something to be said for conservatism or the Republican party. I think that party association also depends heavily on your view of the nation. For example, I think of the main idea of being a republican as putting responsibility in the hands of the citizens. Sure that sounds splendid, but I am not a republican because I do not want the responsibility of public wellbeing in the hands of people. In my short 23 years I have been presented with an America of the incompetent. Until something happens to demonstrate the general public as a highly competent body for orchestrating public services (more competent than educated politicians), I will remain a democrat. As you can tell from the last post, my view of politicians is decreasing lately… yet, simultaneous phenomena such as the “tea party” are keeping me a democrat.
What follows is a presentation given by David Cameron, the leader of Britain’s Conservative party. A lot of his points I agree with. Greater government transparency and an enabled (as long as informed) public could be a good thing. Take a watch!