Symposium

The question poses a choice between “radical hope,” which sounds grand, and “piecemeal” pleading for a “little more” democracy, which sounds piddling. Who would oppose “radical hope,” given such an alternative? From a realistic point of view, radical hope can, in any case, always be “projected,” if that is our desire (which it is)—either because social conditions are so bad that practically any improvement would be radical or becau...