handling false dichotomies - build something new

[Karl]

I would like to link to this 8 minute description of a bloody war between
nations in Africa being mediated to peace in 1 day of mediated talk between
the leaders, by the man who did the mediation.

https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdFVjYwgeuUpw83hBB74Wy4js8SrmmNxt8U2MkdRA2f7m/Audio/The%20Nonviolent%20Communication%20Training%20Course/7%20-%20Healing,%20Mediation,%20and%20Reconciliation/7-06%20Mediation%20between%20groups.mp3

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 9:17 PM Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:

> tl;dr build something new
>
>    Ideas For Righteous Revolution - Deeper Into The Fourth Turning, We Go
>      Adam Taggart via PeakProsperity.com,
>    https://www.peakprosperity.com/ideas-for-righteous-revolution/
>
> https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ideas-righteous-revolution-deeper-fourth-turning-we-go
>
>       .. I’m by no means an experienced revolutionary, so take everything
> that follows with a massive boulder of salt. But watching the nightly riots
> raises the question: Is there a more effective way to create positive
> societal change?
>
>       .. Ideas For A Righteous Revolution
>
>       1. Boycotting The Big Banks ..
>
>       2. Living Debt-Free ..
>
>       3. Converting The Media ..
>
>       4. Exposing The Villains ..
>
>       .. The above are just ideas. None of them is a silver bullet. There
> may be, and probably are, many better ones out there for the righteous
> revolutionary to adopt.
>
>       The point of this piece is to demonstrate that there are effective
> options for protest and rebellion that don’t require bloodshed, looting and
> property damage. And that may prove materially more effective than
> confrontation in the streets at resulting in positive change.
>
>       But whatever tactics are ultimately pursued, it’s key to have an
> ideological platform underlying the revolution. You can’t just be “against”
> the current order; you need to stand “for” a constructive vision or set of
> principles for doing things better.
>
>       As Buckminster Fuller said:
>
>          “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To
> change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
>
>       .. We have warned for years in our writing here at
> PeakProsperity.com that we are all now well into a Fourth Turning, where
> the old order breaks down and a new one, often violently, replaces it.
>
> https://www.peakprosperity.com/neil-howe-the-predictable-creative-destruction-of-the-fourth-turning/
>
>       .. Our general advice to concerned individuals is to prioritize
> staying safe and reducing your vulnerability profile to crime and violence.
> That remains the case.
>
> https://www.peakprosperity.com/video-personal-safety-home-security-pp-seminar/
>
>       ..
>
>
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