Wonderful post. Extremely well researched. On point.
The book “The Changing World Order” by Ray Dalio show patterns of civilization rise and fall back to 600 CE. He shows the patterns for Great Britian, Netherlands, Germany, China, and the U.S. We are in the decline phase. Please, read at least the introduction. It very much agrees with your post.
What can we, average citizens do?
My wife and I attend three protests every week. I am on my second box of 500 envelopes since the 2018 elections, and third order of 200 postcards. My state list includes Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and state Senator and Assembly Member. The list also includes Governors and Congressional Members of other states. Officials of other states generally don’t like out of state mail so I often use postcards to them.
We need to call our reps and vote like our lives depend on it. We need to get uncomfortable and make sure people don’t normalize this. We need to not be scared to General Strike even.
Wish everyone would take the time to read this now - complacency and becoming too comfortable will be our downfall if we don't unite as one across this country in massive numbers as far as peaceful nonviolent resistance.
When things keep happening over and over, we stop noticing. What used to feel wrong just becomes normal. The real problem comes later, when people stop expecting the system to be fair at all.
Wonderful post. Extremely well researched. On point.
The book “The Changing World Order” by Ray Dalio show patterns of civilization rise and fall back to 600 CE. He shows the patterns for Great Britian, Netherlands, Germany, China, and the U.S. We are in the decline phase. Please, read at least the introduction. It very much agrees with your post.
What can we, average citizens do?
My wife and I attend three protests every week. I am on my second box of 500 envelopes since the 2018 elections, and third order of 200 postcards. My state list includes Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and state Senator and Assembly Member. The list also includes Governors and Congressional Members of other states. Officials of other states generally don’t like out of state mail so I often use postcards to them.
We need to call our reps and vote like our lives depend on it. We need to get uncomfortable and make sure people don’t normalize this. We need to not be scared to General Strike even.
Wish everyone would take the time to read this now - complacency and becoming too comfortable will be our downfall if we don't unite as one across this country in massive numbers as far as peaceful nonviolent resistance.
Thanks so much. I really hope this gets shared far and wide.
When things keep happening over and over, we stop noticing. What used to feel wrong just becomes normal. The real problem comes later, when people stop expecting the system to be fair at all.
absolutely. Well said.