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My
research, thinking, and involvement in political issues boils
down to this... we are in deep trouble and we need a strategy
for getting ourselves out of trouble and back on track.
I believe the following strategy is the contextual framework
that will allow this to happen. Everything I have
observed and read, and all that I have written, leads me to this logical
conclusion. This does not tell us how to get there, but
here is where we need to go:
Two Part Strategy
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Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) -
for Democracy to work, we must have the option of voting
for candidates and ideas that we believe will truly make a
difference. Currently this is impossible. The
election process as it now stands is corrupt and this
process is controlled by two political parties that are
unwilling or unable to reform it. IRV would allow
each of us
to vote for positive change without fear that our vote
will be wasted. Without it, too many of us will
continue to vote for the least worst of whatever two
inferior options are presented, rather than the best option
or set of options that we can come up with. Currently, the
least worst of the two options available will not get us
where we need to go.
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The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (UDHR) - The United States has adopted policies
and strategies that are undemocratic and illegal under
basic principles of national and international law.
The government of the United States talks about democratic
principles in order to mollify constituents who are
otherwise uninformed, but its behavior on the world stage
is undemocratic and destructive to peace. The basic
principles outlined in the UDHR, is overall, the best
strategy for sustainable peace in the world that mankind
has yet conceived. It needs to be formally
ratified and acknowledged as the Supreme Law of the Land under Article
6, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution.
My suggestion is that we should educate
ourselves about these two principles for change and come into
alignment with them. Once we are fully aligned with
these two principles, whatever we then do to bring about
positive change will contribute to the solution. I am
convinced that any other strategy will postpone the time when
we can say we are truly back on course.
(P.S. My
recommendation: never vote for ANY politician,
national or local, who does not honestly and actively dedicate
themselves to the accomplishment of these two strategies for
change.)
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