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Three hearts for this masterpiece. Thom, your writing is always fantastic. Truly. But this one struck the harmonics of truth at so precise an angle, it could be felt - far surpassing the boundaries of cognition. Beautiful. We must know a thing before we do a thing. And know it truthfully. The concept is simple, but the consequences of bypassing the knowing are conplex and typically catastrophic at some point further in time. As Don Miguel Ruiz says "Be Impeccable with Your Word.". Our word is …

The issue of treating the crimes of 9/11 as crimes vs. what our country actually did, highlights the two root causes of the seemingly insane behavior (and all of the other really bad things that go on in our country). First, the oligarchs engaged their power of corporate personhood to create new business opportunities in the Middle East by using Bush 43 and his reelection tactic of war time presidency as well as Cheney’s psychopathic need to violate most of the Seven Deadly Sins. They (and th…

2 excellent points. I do not know the specific mechanics of such remedies, but a lengthy amount of time is surely involved in either. The question becomes, how do we bend time in such a way that we can accomplish a century-long endeavor within a 10-year window? How do we compress this gargantuan file into a format that is executable in short-form?

I am a bit more sanguine about the likelihood of fixing things in a timely manner (i.e., before the 6th Mass Extinction becomes inevitable), if only because someone has already come up with a proven plan that can free us from the scourge of corporate personhood and significantly reduce the stupid decision-making of the poorly educated. We just need to take advantage of 21st Century technology and motivate 3.5% of our citizens to engage in strategic and persistent nonviolent resistance. I beli…

"...a wormhole to sanity...". That is an exceptional family of words, and perhaps the future title of a much-needed addendum to our founding documents. As for abolishing "factions" and uniting in the public interest, I see applying "best practice-based solutions" as imperative. Living documents for living things. As to the mechanism of inspiring 12 million people, I am regrettably without answer. The mass mediums of which messaging flows appear to be either owned, corrupted, or significantly m…

Thank you, this is a great distillation of our dilemma yet I think there's never been a better time to reach and influence a critical mass of citizens. It's just going to take a little thinking to outflank the oligarchs. and then we can get on with the business of promoting our general welfare. I believe it's possible, but it will be real hard to do.

I love your outlook, and believe it or not, I do harbor a positive sentiment as well. Like I've said, we need to know a thing before we do a thing. I'm glad you're not inconvenienced by truth. And I'm even more glad that your mind is in the space of "What we can do about it". Thank you for caring about this life...