And definitely to lead a revolution, because we’re seeing with this financial meltdown and these horrific, kind of secrets being revealed as deep, deep corruption in these ossified institutions and the system is imploding, morally and politically and economically. So at a time like this we have to build alternative structures to save ourselves, but also to kind of create a better America. And yeah, I want people to kind of look at themselves in the mirror and think, “I’m not going to wait for Barack Obama or John McCain to save me. That’s a stupid way of thinking. I’m going to save myself and save my community.”
Kall: Yeah, you don’t want to wait for them to do it, that’s for sure.
Wolf: That's for sure. You know what else I've been thinking...
Kall: It’s not an age-related thing, either. You know, with sports you got to be young to get things done, but when it comes to being an activist you can wake up at seventy, eighty years old. One of our most active, productive editors is eighty-six years old. We have forty-four volunteer editors and Margaret Bassett, she’s amazing what she does. And she’s an inspiration to so many people and if you’re seventy-four years old and you’re retired and you’re on a disability, there are still so many things that you can do and that’s how we get to those millions of people that the government can’t all control that you just described.
Wolf: Right, right. The other thing that happens when millions of
citizens say “no” in various ways, is it does shift the atmosphere in that when that happens, judges adjudicate differently and politicians kind of conclude different outcomes. I mean, citizens have so much power that they don’t realize, even if it’s just in kind of speaking up or writing an op-ed or submitting an op-ed or... You see, I'm obsessed with op ed's. We have this program at the Woodhull Institute, that I co-founded, that has trained thousands of ordinary citizens in op-ed writing and they’re placing op-eds left and right, and they’re turning into pundits and they love it.
Kall: Tell them to post them to OpEdNews, too.
Klein: Oh, yes, I absolutely will. Of course I will.
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