Concerned Citizen

As human beings we have a diversity of perspectives and philosophical approaches to life's many challenges, paradoxes, and age old questions.  But in "activism", as activists seeking change in the world, we must realize that not every action, idea, or philosophical approach is equal to another in relevance or importance, simply because they share a similar goal/intent for change. There are better or worse courses of actions to take with regard to being "effective" and making intended impact... There are objectively more reasonable actions to take than others, based on an ideas logical coherence, on its likelihood to success, based on how our systems function, and how major change has been made historically. Now, a diversity of ideas in our social movements is healthy and welcomed. Various approaches and tactics always overlap in the end and compliment one another. It's only to our advantage to adopt an "everything at once" approach to social change...

Progress is fundamentally about the communication and sharing of ideas. And if communication is about the finding of mutual agreement, with the intent to then work together towards those common ends, then a focus on finding common ground in our discourse and activism is essential. The more we can share a common world view in this complex, opaque society, the quicker we can affect the radical change needed. As much as we can envision some new, advanced paradigm of economy beyond the dystopia of today, and  want to automatically leap to it, and start "living it" now, in whatever immediate, off-grid, "out-system" ways;  we cannot rush over necessary Cultural Awareness & Structural Change needed in order to get there. And we cannot anyway entirely ignore or escape the machine of Capitalism, nor should we, for it runs, owns, and is existentially destroying the planet. We must confront reality and existing systems as they are and regain control of society. There are ...