Rushkoff on RNC

Douglas Rushkoff is a cultural media theorist. I've had the pleasure of an online exchange of words with him before and I can say he's an incredibly descent one at that.

He recently posted his thoughts on the RNC - which I find incredibly insightful.

... last night - during the Guiliani speech - I realized I was no longer filtering a speechwriter’s intentional manipulation; I was trying to look beyond real hate. These folks were gritting their teeth, shaking their fists, and smiling the way gladiators do when going into combat against barbarians. And this is the incumbent party. The ones currently in power.

What is it they hate? Guiliani and Palin both made it pretty clear: community organizing. Community organizing is energized from below. From the periphery. It is the direction and facilitation of mass energy towards productive and cooperative ends. It is about replacing conflict with collaboration. It is the opposite of war; it is peace.