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Good Story MattersSince the fall of 2004, I have done everything I could to warn my fellow citizens about the destructive force I've seen rising on the political right in America.
(That work -- which began with the publishing (on the web) of a couple thousand essays, and led into my conducting a two-year campaign for Congress as the 2012 Democratic nominee running against a "representative" of the dark force that I saw gaining power -- culminated in the publication in 2015 of the book mentioned above.)
As that book abundantly shows, my seeing what I've seen about the crisis in America was an outgrowth of that "way of understanding" that I've worked to develop since 1970. And, conversely, my analysis of what's gone wrong in America in these times has become an integral part of the overall integrative Big Picture that I'm offering here in this series.
"It's all very well in theory, but-- people sometimes say, preparatory to indicating that even good theory has no genuine connection with reality. But it was because of a theory that civilization could move to the edge of a precipice by entering the age of nuclear weapons. And, I would suggest, the lack of a good theory -- the lack of a way of seeing the forces and patterns that shape the human world -- has played a role in America's descent into the age of Donald Trump.
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- I realize that so far I am talking about this "way of understanding" without presenting that understanding -- that "better human story" -- itself. Those who do not want to wait for me to get into that nitty-gritty in future installments can plunge into it right now by clicking here. That link will take you to the first chapter of my book, first published in 1984, The Parable of the Tribes. It lays out, systematically, the main idea that launched my life's work. This idea -- which claims to explain much of the problematic aspect of the human story --- provides a major piece of the foundation for the answers I am offering to the questions with which this piece began.
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NOTE: The comments that follow, below, are from people I've asked to serve as my "co-creators" on this project, i.e. to help me make this series as good and effective as possible.
They are people who have known me and my work. And my request of them is that --when the spirit moves them to contribute -- they add what they believe will help this series fulfill its purpose and give the readers something of value. I've invited them to tell the readers what they think will serve the readers well, and to pose questions or challenges they believe might elicit from me what I should be saying to the readers next.
I am grateful for their attempting to help me find the right path.
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