Remember that unlike the Folk Song Army of Tom Lehrer's song, you have no monopoly on good intentions. A morality play in which those who care crusade against those who are square makes for great theater. However, it is not a realistic basis for economic policy.Read the whole thing.
Mr Lehrer's introduction to his song is worth repeating.
It takes a certain amount of courage to get up in a coffee-house or a college auditorium and come out in favor of the things that everybody else in the audience is against like peace and justice and brotherhood and so on. The nicest thing about a protest song is that it makes you feel so good.Bill at Atlantic Blog has also been distinguishing substantive from symbolic efforts to improve conditions in Africa.
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