> [!summary] Progressive Summary # Structured Notes ## Definitions ## Chapter Summaries ### Implicit Feudalism Economist Albert Hirschman distinguishes "voice" and "exit" as two different feedback signals. Voice is the capacity to effect change from within, and exit is the capacity to depart a situation. Schneider makes a further distinction between "effective voice" and "affective voice". Social media has ushered in "a golden age of complaint", but not much leads to change. Effective voice is "individual or collective speech that brings about a binding effect according to transparent processes." ### Introduction: Democracy in the Wild Self-governance at proper scales is a "right and obligation of human dignity". Catholic Worker movement has the aim of forming "a world where it is easier to be good." # Quotes