The Mess We are In and How Democracy Gets us Out: A Four Part Series
INTRODUCTION. We have devolved to such an extent that our only choices now are fascism (total corporate control over everything, total absence of individual power, no rights, no access to any important decision making, demonization of vulnerable populations) OR Democracy. The problem is that we have no idea what democracy is. This presentation is in four parts. 1. The mess we are in 2. Why we won’t get out with what worked before 3. What is democracy, it is not what you think it is. 4. How democracy will save us 1. The mess we are in We are in the longest war in our history with no end in sight. We are militarily involved in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and who knows where else None of these countries attacked us. 9/11 justified the wars, however 14 of the 18 “terrorists” involved were from Saudi Arabia where woman can get stoned to death for driving a car, and Saudi underwrites ISIS. Saudi continues to be supported by the US. The cost of the wa...