But we can assert with confidence that there is nothing intrinsic in the forces which have effected uniform standardization, mobility and remote invisible relationships that is fatally obstructive to the return movement of their consequences into the local homes of mankind.
Dewey emphasizes the potential for societal forces to positively influence local communities.
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If one wishes to realize the distance which may lie between “facts” and the meaning of facts, let one go to the field of social discussion.
They persist as emotional cries rather than as reasoned ideas.
But he does so only at the cost of repression of those of his potentialities which can be realized only through membership in other groups.
For the very familiarity with the phenomena conceals their significance and blinds us to their relation to immediate political problems.