by Civility Pilgrim
You ask what we can do beyond the screams, sarcasm, threats, and tears:
- I say: Hold mock constitutional conventions in each State to increase awareness of our constitution and the abuses to its inherent virtues and rights. People know nothing about our rights and governance.
Educate! Circulate copies of the universal declaration of human rights (UDHR). Create community dialogs to inform, inspire, and increase awareness of the rights, responsibilities, and requirements of citizenship.
2. I say: Teach non-violent protest.
3. I say: Remind people of the perilous state of life on Earth in our Anthropocene Era. Catastrophes are imminent. Extinctions of life, pollution of air, water, and earth are omnipresent.
4. I say: Preach peace! Educate people about the sources and consequences of war and conflict. There must be a relentless education of the public to stop their romanticist notions of the economic satisfaction, benefits, and comforts from war!
5. I say: Do what you can when you can to communicate empathy, compassion, and courage.
6. I say: Discuss and critique the serious pathology of the USA popular culture: Materialism, consumerism, exploitive capitalism, celebritization, endless competition and violence infatuation.
7. I say: Teach peace and nonviolence as an educational requirement in schools, colleges, and workplaces. Re-designate schools, colleges, and universities as peace institutions. Require each student to take a course or minor concentration in peace and justice.
8. I say: Elect political leaders who are not beholden to special commercial, professional, and personal interests.
These suggestions are insufficient in isolation, but as a group, as a wave across the land, they can channel energies, inspire ideals, and bring purpose and meaning to life and lives.
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