real utopias

Every mass movement based on direct democracy and participatory instincts broadens the human imagination of what might become possible when the current social system loses its credibility. The American occupy movement and the Spanish indignados together with radical movements in many other parts of the world will leave their imprint on the way millions around the world view their chances of taking democracy to something more exciting than the current near-moribund systems. The future is uncertain, unpredictable and prone to serious setbacks as in Egypt, but the inspiring experiences of what real freedom might be like remain.