REVOLUTION #9

The election of Barack was revolutionary in many ways. The only reason such a stink was raised about the ACA is that there needed to be a thick smoke screen between the American people and the idea of single payer. When one points out that the VA is essentially socialized medicine, most of the "small government" supporters understand that if we all fell under the "pre-paid" healthcare system that most developed nations enjoy, the govie could negotiate prices down for all forms of medical care, including prevention, nutrition programs, exercise programs and drugs. The oligarchs love a system in which they can double costs while providing nothing. Like we have now. I do not want to focus on a single issue, like health care, even though it is a crucial one, because there are dozens of issues just like this. 

We need elections and we have the opportunity to install 469 congress people at the 2016 election. If we secure those seats, change will be inevitable. Many people are trying to shut the door on people voting in a variety of ways. We can make the system come to heel through an active, informed and participating public. The network news will not aid us in any way, that is why they talk about "violent revolutions" in history books and paint groups like #occupy with such ugly terms as reactionary, violent and meddlesome. Find out who your local Bernie Sanders supporters are, or who the Jill Stein supporters are, and elect them to Congress. Take back the state houses and if each one teaches one, we can easily lick the problem without a single hand being raised in violence. This revolution needs to be in the realm of ideas. The problem with revolutionary thinking generally is that it is relatively uninspired. Trying to repeat what has not worked in the past is sure to end in disaster and more of what has come before. Why do you think the oligarchs focus virtually all of their energy telling us about the violent revolutions in the past? Because none of them did much good in the long run. Revolutions of thought and behavior have always trumped those that were just excuses for inciting violence. The system of government that we have is only flawed because people see how much dirty money is used to buy our votes. This leads to a defeatist attitude that leads to pessimism and this, in turn has led to a situation in which participation in politics (voting) is abysmal. When the vast majority actually show up to vote, the will of the people cannot be denied.

We have seen close elections stolen in the past and this does not help, but a landslide is much harder to cover up. We are long past time for change, but the news will never admit that the cronies of their owners and the entire ruling elite has based their investments in a system designed to exploit and extract their vast wealth from any and all sources, without end and without prejudice. The natural order of life is the diametric opposite. Healing our many woulds requires a new paradigm in which we consider first the planet, then her people (creatures) and finally profit. This is the three legged stool upon which any possible livable future depends. The triple goddess, (Maiden Mother Crone) multiplied by this triad equals nine. I have always understood that without the creative crucible, the womb of generation, no life can exist. Plowing through civilization with male-domination and aggressive raping of the planet has not worked, nor can it.