7. As the gap between these two "realities" deepens, the two sides are becoming more entrenched, forgetting they have been leveraged into seeing only the other side's shadow, not their own. A perfect recent example involves the "progressives" who physically prevented right-winger Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking on the Berkeley campus.
8. A central factor in the lack of a shared reality is the "absence of the sacred" at the center of our society. Where there is no "heart" at our core, heartlessness prevails, and disheartenment spreads. Because the rule of gold has overgrown the Golden Rule, we have seen "ethic cleansing" -- the ethical people are washed out of our system where the "free speech" of money out-shouts all other interests.
OK, so assuming that's "what's so" ... so what?
At the risk of hearing, "You're proposing a sane world -- you must be crazy!" here is what I suggest:
1. What if independent citizens united? What if -- in the tradition of the Consumer Union and Common Cause -- we the people from all sides and angles created our own "citizens union" to advocate for our common interests and a healthy, wealthy commonwealth?
2. What if we called forth, curated, and supported a truly independent media, that drew from mainstream news, alt left and alt right so that we the people could emerge with a "likelier story" and a truth-based reality?
3. What if we the American people -- united, left and right -- launched a "truth movement" so together we could learn about the origins, developments, deeds and misdeeds of the deep state, and consequently dismantle it? (This might not work if a mere million people called for this, like the number demanding the release of Donald Trump's taxes, but if 25 million or 50 million showed up, that would be a different story. It would mean that a critical mass of the heretofore uncritical masses were aware of the "deep state", and that would be a key first step in transforming it.)
4. What if we created an independent political authority -- and unifying platform -- designed to "overgrow" the entire impeachable system, and then only voted for candidates who agreed to support this new "deep center" political movement that transcends political parties?
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