TL:DR I had an Encounter with a senator where they triggered my PTSD, making it clear to me through their actions how they intend to help people like me. History teachers have my vote instead.
(14/14)
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Morgan Freeman narrates John Lewis last writings on non-violent resistance as per Lawrence O’Donnells request. #civilrights #voteblue #democracyworks #togetherwearestronger
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📣 Reform #2: Establish uniform accountability standards for all public‑facing officials—clear consequences for misconduct, nondisclosure, or refusing oversight. 🔧
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Chattanooga! Let your voices be heard 🗣️
Ample opportunities to get out and voice your demands for our city, state, and federal governments to do better!
DEMAND BETTER!
PROTESTS WORK!
They work for us!
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The USA needs landslide victories against tRump Republicans from counties to state races. Then Congress and Senate in November26.
You can do this America! Many Canadians are hopeful and believe in your democratic process but it must be decisive this time no recounts. #peaceispossible #democracyworks
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We are very hopeful this morning #democracyworks
📊 Studies show that phone calls are among the most effective ways to influence lawmakers—especially when they come from constituents.
Your voice matters.
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- Thus our leaders' increasingly poor decisions are pre-ordained.
- That will end when we think & act on Level 1, not Level 2.
(Democratise.)
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Thus the #ThirdDraftDemocracy solution.
*𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙: 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 & 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧. (𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆, 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 & 𝘄𝗮𝗿.)
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'Goliath' is not just contesting us at pingpong: he owns the bats, the table & the players. He wrote the rules.
He can't be defeated within the present system: he *is* the present system.
A system can only be replaced by a system.
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During the last couple of generations, there was a slow, 'boiling frog' transition from democracy & prosperity to oligarchy & scarcity.
It's sometimes called neoliberalism: every human activity -child-raising, leisure time, health - kowtows to profit.
#CivicEngagement #DemocracyWorks
America's problems are systemic, so they can only be tackled at the level of the system.
Biden & Trump are late-stage symptoms of a process that's been in train for decades.
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There's a strange echo of this 50 years on, in today's Cambodia: where every third US bomb unearthed by de-mining teams had its fuze disabled in the factory.
There's always resistance to an unjust system.
#ThirdDraftDemocracy #Democracy #DemocracyWorks
Our crises go back not to 'conservatives' - or 'liberals' - but to plutocracy.
To organized money capturing public policy & the public conversation.
Elect who you like: but if we don’t fix that, we don’t fix much.
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Left v. Right is our uber-psyop
Beneath that distraction, the work of modern politics is to transfer our wealth to the corporations that have captured our legislatures.
Few who oppose this work will get endorsement by a major party, campaign money, or media coverage.
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Humans wouldn't have survived a million years of ice ages & genetic bottlenecks if we weren't good at co-operation & compromise.
That capacity hasn't gone anywhere.
It's just been interrupted by an obsolete political design.
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Some reviews:
𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿.
- 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝘂𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙩
𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲.
- 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿, 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
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This is probably Trumpian distraction more than anything.
Republicans will accept mail-in ballots - they have done so before: indeed Trump has done so before - but it would need to be part of a general process of democratisation.
#ThirdDraftDemocracy #Democracy #DemocracyWorks
Maybe the EU should democratise?
That way you could solve many problems with one move.
#ThirdDraftDemocracy #Democracy #DemocracyWorks
3/3
𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳?
[𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙: 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 & 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧. (𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆.)]
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*𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙. (𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙗𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮, 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 & 𝙬𝙖𝙧.)
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5/5
That's why I think we should bite the bullet of system reform.
Our issues are large & many: whack-a-mole isn't working.
Democratisation: many birds, one stone.
#ThirdDraftDemocracy #DemocracyWorks #Democracy
In most nations, the Founders knew the constitution would need periodic amendment.
So they included amendment clauses.
We need to take them at their word, & use them.
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The ongoing legal challenges and debates surrounding redistricting highlight the complexities of achieving this ideal.
#Speakup #speakout #UseYourVoice #DemocracyWorks when #voters #participate
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