Correct, Stephen, and as said, I like the proposed outcome.
We are therefore captured in the same situation of being visionaries. How to bring the vision to others is just one of the tasks at hand, but vitally important. Promoting the idea on Medium is a pretty good idea, because Medium already provides enough of a spread of the population. In my estimation, this is a good location from which ideas can spread throughout the US.
Yet, we must also put ourselves in the position of the readers. Many are accustomed to reading about politics, but do so while physically sitting back and being relaxed. Our idea is to get them out of their seats. That is where our effort should lie (because we already figured out what should be achieved, that work is more or less done).
How do people get out of their chairs? The answer from a political perspective is: With each and every election.
Folks believe that they are given ample options to help declare the outcome for our societies (50 states, and for many more municipalities). Many believe the voting booth is the location where they help decide the future directions. The point is that people feel empowered to some extent already.
In your case, you want folks do act in a manner that recreates the entire set up (for a goal many do indeed share, trust me). I wish folks would get our of their chairs and do it. The only time I can see this happening is when — and I am using a situation from a different nation — the price of bread, milk and energy gets so outrageously expensive, there is no other option but to go out to the streets and shout for change. If my estimations are correct, we will never reach that spot because we are keeping the price of bread, milk and energy reasonably low. Lots of subsidies go towards exactly these goods.
In my analysis, I see you focusing on the solution and since no one but a handful readers claps for your articles (and mine), there is frustration, and perhaps an increased zeal to declare the message even better. But the message is already understood. Believe me. I talked to many Democrats and Republicans, and all agree the outcome is not fine, not good enough. All feel helpless, and when declaring my or your solution, they agree. But everyone continues to sit in their chairs.
For me, the voting booth is the essential location. Folks are out of their chairs. This is the location for action.
It is going to be a long road with many small steps. But the voting booth can get changed.
I hope you are interested in my analysis why Russia could manipulate us (answer: we’ve been manipulated from the beginning by internal forces — our system is simply rife with manipulation. Russia is just the latest addition and may even be guided by some of our own internal forces). Yes, I received one clap for it so far. But I know the analysis is correct onto itself and it provides a window for folks to see a bit more than what is presented to us in most media.
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Please, provide me your reply and further thoughts, Stephen. You don’t have to come seeing things my way, but together we can communicate about where we are, how we are standing in this political situation we find ourselves in, what we see, what should be done and what can be done.
