John Dewey: “The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs…”

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The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.

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John Dewey

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Dewey notes that local communities are often shaped by distant organizations without their awareness.

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In no two ages or places is there the same public.

Personal loyalties to elders take the place of political obedience.

For the very familiarity with the phenomena conceals their significance and blinds us to their relation to immediate political problems.

But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.

John Dewey: “The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.”