"Transforming the United States into something closer to a democracy requires: 1) knowledge of how we are getting screwed; 2) pragmatic tactics, strategies, and solutions; and 3) the 'energy to do battle.'
First, corporations will fall of their own inflated dead weight. We need not treat them as enemies. We can if we wish avoid them even if it requires some inconvenience. Second, pragmaticism (Peirce) might see things in the following way: 1 Excitement, 2 blunt truth and out of this binary bind 3 a resolution or habit that either works or does not. Excitation is almost entirely lacking today and thus we are stuck. The excitation for me is the notion of car free cyber-cities which cluster dispersed populations to the point that they can create viable societies and vibrant communities. My benchmark is about 10K folk per unit adapting from today's layout. Moving toward car-free sustainable communities that are walkable and ecologically stable. Until a vision beyond the mess of today emerges, we are in limbo. And the energy to achieve goals will languish. We must first "get the idea".
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