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1/ The way to fundamentally disrupt an entrenched, disastrous political status quo is thru a 2-pronged approach: peaceful protest in the streets & protest at the ballot box. One without the other & the old order- thru police brutality & voter suppression – will be able to hold on
2/ We shouldn’t confuse disease with its symptoms. The disease is a sociopathic economic system, beholden to nothing but its financial bottom line, that has infected every organ of our society - including & especially the govt. The symptoms will be there until we heal the disease
3/ $ out of politics. Appropriate regulation of economy. Repeal ‘17 tax bill. End corporate subsidies. Defund & demilitarize police. Med4All. Free tuition. UBI. End of corporate rule by health ins/Big Pharma; private prisons; NRA; oil & gas, Big Ag, chem, food & defense industry.
4/ We either have a govt “of the people, by the people & for the people” - or a govt “of the corporations, by the corporations & for the corporations.” This generation will decide. We’ll either descend into neo-fascist darkness, or have “a new birth of freedom” - #LikeLincolnSaid
I know, I know, you want to cling to your peace-love-dove fantasy about flower power overcoming all the evil. Hey, so do I! It would be GREAT if that were true. But it isn't.
Oh OK. Thanks for telling me. From now on, before I write a book or a tweet I’ll make sure and ask you if it’s realistic enough.
Mass protest works rather well.
Unless it expresses itself in this election cycle, there’s a limit to what mass protests can do.
There are a few more prongs needed - creative ideas for new systems; education to wean us from the old; carefully thought-out plans for dismantling obsolete institutions
Current psychopathic oligarchy will literally destroy the planet, and all beings upon it, before relinquishing power. Previous sentence needs no specific documentation, except to say: pay attention to headlines. It is already well underway.
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