3. Political Parties
Of course, as we have now learned from the unheeded advice of our forefathers -- DON'T ALLOW THEM! However, we certainly will have to confront them as the power of our movement becomes more of a threat and we contest their authority in parallel political races. At some point, as our ascendency becomes more obvious, there will probably be a legal contest regarding which elected individuals should be recognized as the true representatives of the people's wishes. Since this issue could very well end up in the Supreme Court, it will be a true test of the integrity of that high court and its view on the very heart of our democracy.
4. Elections
There is no reason that we can't conduct elections within our movement. We still have control of enough communication systems to setup and establish elections throughout the nation. At all levels, municipal, district, state and nationally we can nominate and elect our own representatives. Within the states, the voting districts that are now in place should work for our movement, since we are not party affiliated and there are certainly citizens within those districts who would prefer our form of Movement Politics.
Of course, we would not allow any of our votes to be compromised or manipulated by computerized voting systems. Instead, we can use local printers to create standardized boilerplate ballots. Voters could be identified and registered the same way that they used to be -- by presenting a couple of forms of identification like a drivers license, recent utility bill, student ID, military ID, etc. Vote processing could be done by volunteers and hopefully, the League of Women Voters could be enticed to oversee and verify the whole process. Once we have regained control of our political processes, we should develop computer algorithms that will more equitably and efficiently allocate voting districts.
I believe that each election process will require a multi-step election process, spread over several weekends. For example, primary, secondary and possibly final or runoff elections. Voters will rank their top preferences and by the final/runoff ballots determine their majority choices.
5. Banking
This one is fairly easy to correct -- just don't use them; allow them to, over time, just "dry up" through lack of participation. Instead, use local credit unions and/or state controlled banks who are not part of the national/international banking cartels. Once our movement has taken back the reigns of control over our nation, we can re-install a law like the Glass-Steagall Act which won't allow banks to use Federally insured bank client funds to gamble. Some of this legislation is partially in place and just needs to be updated and fully instigated.
6. The Media
Because we consumers of information are, by design, losing track of which sources of media are just information and which sources of media are providing unbiased, investigative and edited news , we need to fully fund and modernize The Corporation For Public Broadcasting.
Since we now have highly consolidated, corporate controlled media that makes enormous profits off our overly long election cycles, our movement must initially ignore them and instead, for now, rely on what integrity is still left in our current national systems. Any and all debates will hopefully be held on CPB networks and moderated, again, by The League of Women Voters. Barring that option, we will have to hold our discussions and debates online using the variety of Social Media available to us.
A CALL TO ACTION
I'm 73 years old and became an activist when "they" shot down President John Kennedy in the streets of Dallas, in 1963. My anger and disappointment has been growing ever since. What has been the most astounding feature of the progression of the dissolution of our country, has been the almost military like, consolidated and methodical dismantling of the critical features of our democracy. Issue after issue has been tossed in the path of any and all who attempted to reroute us on our road to collapse and despair.
Most of my life, I was raised, and believed, that the world was evolving for the better and that the youth of the world would have a better life than their parents. I'm not sure when that belief fell away, but I know for certain that it is not the case, today. In spite of all of the effort that was expended during the 2016 Election, the slide into corporatocracy was actually accelerated. The national disappointment was, and still is, palatable.
Ever since the 2000 Election, when the Supreme Court took control of our election process and turned our nation over to the unelected fascist, I have been actively trying to find a way to reverse this downward spiral. What you have just read is the best I could come up with. I sincerely believe that by being aware of the six major issues which I have listed in this paper and working inside a culture of solidarity, our movement can take control of the Congress in 2018 and the Presidency in 2020 " after all, look at what the Tea Party accomplished!
I'm now too old to get "down in the trenches" and take this concept very much further than this -- besides, it is NOT about me but all of us together. That's not to say that I'll abandon or refuse to do what I can, but I am mostly only able to provide a concept and push, pull and poke it into a reality, to a semi-limited degree. The point I'm making, is that I'm offering this as a possible method of hopefully long-term survival to those who are younger than me and have much more at stake that I do.
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