Let there be no question about that; or this. The next chapter is a revolution. What's happening next isn't a predetermined event. What's happening next is an actual revolution of everything you have believed possible.
In order to proceed, you need to accept this.
In more than 140 American cities and 71 countries people are gathering together in public spaces and talking. Just talking. As an important side note, this is how the Civil Rights movement started, this is how Women's suffrage started, this is how the American revolution started; people gathering in public spaces and sharing their stories with each other.
I have great faith in humanity. I believe that we live at extraordinary times. I am not alone in these beliefs. In the next few decades, some of the most important decisions of humanity will be made. Technology has a great power to provide, but only if we take action now so that the economic forces driving technological change turn their attention toward the value of individual human beings. The decisions that build our future can either be made by those currently in power, or they can be made by a voice that is rising in hundreds of cities across the world. As we face the challenges of 21st century, can we rise to the occasion and create a future sustainable for all of humanity? Or will we create a world where there is unlimited potential to create through the wonders of technology, but all wasted on only a few people. I hope we can, but I know that with the current system, with Citizens United allowing a few corporations to control the political system through unlimited donations, we cannot. Citizens United is a Supreme Court ruling. Its overthrow is only possible through a constitutional amendment, perhaps through constitutional conventions in 2/3 the state legislatures...
This blog began as a way to keep in touch with friends, family and the people I met along the way. It remains that, but I met a revolution along the way. The evening after my last post I set up camp in Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. The past few days I have met the extraordinary people that will lead our society to a new level. They are young, old, employed, unemployed, wanderers and family members. If you haven't seen them in person, then you have no idea who they are. This is not something you can see on the television or read in the newspaper. This is people having conversations with each other, all the time and around the world, about what they can do to make a better world. Do not be fooled by what you may be told, judge only for yourself.
Do not be afraid. You are a part of this and it is the awakening of our body-politic. If you don't believe me, visit your local Occupy and see for yourself.
This is no longer about my revolution.
This is about our revolution.
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