Post by gfjacobs on Jul 20, 2013 6:08:58 GMT -5
Let's start the ReEvolution!
The revolutionary spirit has been kindled on the left and on the right. While we are interested in a liberal outcome, it is wrong to assume that only liberals will be interested in reversing the depredations of the radical right.
Voting is the basic right of all Americans in our representative democracy. As designed, "pure" democracy is a faulty system, Plato believed it could only work in a city-state of about 1000 citizens. Both he and Aristotle believed that citizens must be INVOLVED with the governing of their society. THUS. voting can be said to be the DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC of citizenship.
Our representative democracy keeps us a level away from directly impacting our politics. As politicians pander to a smaller minority of citizens whom they want to vote, and DE-motivating and suppressing the votes of those against them, the American ideal of citizenship has DEVOLVED. To fully REactivate our influence, our representative MUST KNOW THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE.
The attitude towards Evolution is a marker for this disease of de-evolution. Those who are anti-science are remarkably anti-citizenry and pro-suppressing voting and all other rights. An American Re-Evolution embraces the concept of Evolution, wraps it in Revolution, signals that nobody wants to tear down our democracy, but rather reinforce it by evolving BACK to where we ought to be - a FULLY PARTICIPATIVE democracy.
Re-evolving our democracy back to the fully representative version that can exist when a MAJORITY of Americans vote MUST be the goal of our effort.
Accountability MUST be a second objective - Addressing gerrymandering as an issue, but one that only can be addressed AFTER an election with a valid turnout MUST be part of the conversation that we WILL ignite. This name sets the stage for that discussion. Let's start the ReEvolution
The revolutionary spirit has been kindled on the left and on the right. While we are interested in a liberal outcome, it is wrong to assume that only liberals will be interested in reversing the depredations of the radical right.
Voting is the basic right of all Americans in our representative democracy. As designed, "pure" democracy is a faulty system, Plato believed it could only work in a city-state of about 1000 citizens. Both he and Aristotle believed that citizens must be INVOLVED with the governing of their society. THUS. voting can be said to be the DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC of citizenship.
Our representative democracy keeps us a level away from directly impacting our politics. As politicians pander to a smaller minority of citizens whom they want to vote, and DE-motivating and suppressing the votes of those against them, the American ideal of citizenship has DEVOLVED. To fully REactivate our influence, our representative MUST KNOW THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE.
The attitude towards Evolution is a marker for this disease of de-evolution. Those who are anti-science are remarkably anti-citizenry and pro-suppressing voting and all other rights. An American Re-Evolution embraces the concept of Evolution, wraps it in Revolution, signals that nobody wants to tear down our democracy, but rather reinforce it by evolving BACK to where we ought to be - a FULLY PARTICIPATIVE democracy.
Re-evolving our democracy back to the fully representative version that can exist when a MAJORITY of Americans vote MUST be the goal of our effort.
Accountability MUST be a second objective - Addressing gerrymandering as an issue, but one that only can be addressed AFTER an election with a valid turnout MUST be part of the conversation that we WILL ignite. This name sets the stage for that discussion. Let's start the ReEvolution
