Netroots and leadership

dailyKos is musing about his role (as a blogger) in new forms of activism, and I really like what he has to say — particularly for the way it points to new forms of support for participation:

"I don't have to lead every campaign, or act as a gatekeeper over what should be supported and what shouldn't. I simply wait back and see these campaigns emerge, and only jump aboard when they have built substantial grassroots support. And this teaches people to be active, not passive. It teaches them that they can, in fact, make a difference if they do the hard work. The old model -- the one were "leaders" made all such decisions -- taught people to be passive. Now, we're encouraging people to take matters into their own hands, rather than wait for someone else to take the lead."