Here we are, the beginning of the holidays, and I would like to say that I am more optimistic than I have been in a while. Yes, capitalist greed runs rampant in the United States. Yes, our politics are a self perpetuating duopoly. But my optimism isn’t about that.
It’s about the passion of the resistance I see to it as I start to poke around. The well formed thoughts and layered solutions I see rebuking it. People see the problems for what they are, have names and definitions for the problems that accurately describe them.
I believe that we can throw our hats into the ring and make a difference that is not a financial donation to one entity or another. Thats how we got here; our representation has failed us and has constructed a themed houses of mirrors for us to get lost in, and so be complacent.
I believe we can find our way by participating directly and encouraging others to do so as well, by speaking directly to the points and not watering them down with binary labels like “conservative”, “liberal”, “democrat”, “republican”, “left” and “right”. Labels that frankly mean very little and engulf us in cults of personalities that torpedo our clarity of mind and meaningful discourse. Lets talk about what we want more of, what we want less of, and then make it happen!
Thank you for those that have started this conversation with me here, and to those who’ve I’ve encountered thus far in well designed media and in my exploration on other platforms. This is just the beginning, and I have hope.
