Causing systemic change / achieving a lasting "win" - honest businessmen - gold and silver coin

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 07:44:42PM -0300, juan wrote:
> 	This is what happens to honest businessmen in the US 
> 	https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2012/03/26/use-real-money-go-to-federal-prison/

Not only the USA.

Robert Kahre's mistake was to fail to build a solid grass-roots group
of similarly principled companions.

No, paying salaries to your employees does not count ...

The era of lone Ulyssees heros, plating the flag on the hilltop, being
hailed by the throngs of well wishers, is over.

A win for the community, must genuinely involve "the community" - that
is, many thousands of individuals who actually stand the ground of the
win/ cause/ human right/ change to the system, that is being attempted.


That way for example, Robert Kahre would have had thousands of
individuals, not only from his own company, rocking up to court
hearings, protesting the IRS, joining in his legal court cases as
parties interested - as in a class action - and much more.


Fail to build a team of fellow humans who genuinely share your vision,
and you shall do little more than suffer the wrath of the existing
powers that be. And what exactly is the point of martyrdom? You won't
get many brownie points these days, and those you do get are little more
than "good on ya mate"...


We have here in Australia the example of a state senator who conducted a
multi-year information gathering exercise regarding municipal/town water
fluoridation. He ultimately collected a lot of original documents, and
published the 1000+ page volume (or three), along with the 100 page
summary volume, along with the 30 page summary summary volume, along
with the 50-point two page summary summary summary page (bones go
brittle, fluorosis, hypothalamus encrusting and consequential mental
impairment, congenital effects, much better/ more efficatious/ targetted
options, etc etc (50 headline bombshells).

AFter all this, he proposed alteration to legislation and banning of
fluoridation of human (drinking) water supplies, had that legislation
single handedly passed, and the State of Queensland, Australia, was
without fluoridated municipal water for two to three years.

He did not get elected for a second 6 or 7 year term, and fluoride was
reintroduced in that next term, in short order.


Moral of the story? A win/change by a lone individual will not last the
next term of government where he is not re-elected, and ONLY a genuine
grass roots supported movement for change, shall be lasting.


"If you are to keep your father's wealth, you must earn it anew."



Good luck fellow humans,