China's Inspiration

 The CCP's use of internal-directed propaganda sounds like any successful corporation in the US. (that is a good thing.) Most US companies constantly role out initiatives, revise their mission and value statements, conduct constant surveillance and try to inspire workers with shared goals from the C-suit down to the entry level worker. Any organization that can achieve alignment will have higher morale and be more productive that one that cannot achieve this.  There are a number of sacrifices necessary to live in a democratic state, but I think this essay points at one of the most important: the lack of inspiration.

Local NGO Links

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
Upper Gila Watershed Alliance
Sky Island Alliance
Friends of the San Pedro River
Tucson Audubon Society
SaveThePeak
Center for Biological Diversity
Friends of the Santa Cruz River
Sustainable Tucson
Friends of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection