Josh Israel looks into what happened to the progressive netroots movement and notes that it was largely incorporated into the mainstream media and democratic political structure.
That sounds like a sell-out, and maybe it is. If the goal was authenticity, selling out would be a problem. But that wasn't the goal. The goal was to move the country in a more progressive direction. And the best way to do that is through the existing political and media structures. So in that sense, it worked.
That sounds like a sell-out, and maybe it is. If the goal was authenticity, selling out would be a problem. But that wasn't the goal. The goal was to move the country in a more progressive direction. And the best way to do that is through the existing political and media structures. So in that sense, it worked.
