How do major changes come about?
How do major changes come about?
Let’s list some major changes for reference purposes.
- Voting rights for Women (Women’s Suffrage)
- FDR’s new deal (Social Security, Medicare, Disability)
- Bonus Army (G.I. Bill)
- Voting rights for minorities (Civil Rights Act)
Were the changes listed above written into law by our Congressional Representatives because they believed it was the right thing to do? Of course not, We the People demanded these changes. Marches and protests occurred at the Federal, State and Local levels with sufficient numbers to suggest that these rulers may be removed from power if they failed to act.
No “ruling class” in the entire scope of human history rules in a manner that favors the lower class over the ruling . Those rare deviations from this business as usual self serving stance, occurs only when a ruling class feels threatened with the loss of power brought about by a unified uprising from the lower class.
Real unity is where I am headed with this.
Real change requires unity, movements require unity, Democracy itself requires unity. Without our collective public interest and participation, We the People are effectively asleep at the wheel. However, public interest and participation is ostensibly rendered null and void due to a lack of being accurately informed.
The Nation’s Megaphone, the Television media that most of us rely upon to inform our opinions are overwhelmingly peopled with spin doctors whose primary job it seems is to make us all take sides and thereby suppress unity. We essentially become fans of the Red team or the Blue team.
If you are worried about the course ahead for your Nation’s ship of state? Firstly we must recognize that we are ALL aboard this ship of state. We are the crew, we are on the same team. Every race, creed, color denomination or party. Listen to the diversity of opinions your shipmates have to offer, become informed, find a consensus and then inform your ship’s Captain that he might wish to make a course correction, or else!
