As I mention in the video, I haven’t heard Musk deny that he’s taken on a dictatorial role. I think his strategy is to so convince us what a wonderful job he’s doing, that we will gladly give him that role. And many millions are going along.
I know. It’s bonkers. But right now bonkers is fact.
I think their plan is a Dictator-and-King dual leadership thing here, silly and preposterous yes, but the imagery is still dangerous. The U.S. Constitution was written specifically to make sure that neither of those would ever happen here, and right now the Constitution is on fire.
Hyperbole, you think? Should I be a good girl and say things a little more, oh, I don’t know, academically, with less emotion perhaps? Someone responded to me on social media by asking whether I’m auditioning for a Soap Opera. My point is that we’re already in one, but it’s so much worse than that.
It’s real.
Okay, so enough with the bad news. We get it. Now, as they say in AA, let’s “get into the solution.” A principle of political non-violence is to educate ourselves about the problem. In fact, if more American children had been educated about American history, civics and government over the last few decades, I don’t think we’d be where we are. It’s astonishing the amount of sheer ignorance of our Constitutional system (I DID NOT SAY STUPIDITY) that permeates the public conversation today. People are more vulnerable to lies when no one bothered to teach us the truth.
Also as I mention in the video, allegiance to the U.S. Constitution should not be a Left-Right issue. There’s no way we’re going to override the danger of this moment unless we’re willing to come out of our silos. No point identifying with only this group or that; that’s what has turned us into the Disunited States of America. It has weakened us. Rather, identify with the United States of America. With our Constitution. With the principle of rule by law. With adherence to the idea of three co-equal branches of government. With the idea that no man is above the law. With the idea of a government of, by and for the people.
Embrace what you want, and when enough of us do that then all the rest will fall away. It’s a struggle, yes, but that’s the reality of our lives right now. On some level we were born for this. And in my heart I believe that we’re ready to take it on.
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