What does it take to inspire people? To reach deep down into their hearts to help spark the strongest emotions born out of every person's desire to be free and to live in dignity? Of course, that's the purview of great warriors and generals, as well as moral giants like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, and JFK.
The system is broken. Corruption is endemic. Corporatist interests have taken over the government. The corporate media conglomerate is being used to manipulate the population at the behest of parasitic moneyed interests.
Every day the U.S. media regale us with false narratives, misinformation, and propaganda peddling pablum, lies, and absurdities.
Our collective clamor for justice, for accountability, for redress of our grievances is falling on deaf ears. We are on our own. It's up to us--each one of us--to take action.
You can do it; we can do it; together. Any doubt you may have is the direct result of misinformation and propaganda to which we are being exposed every hour of the day.
I have a plan for your consideration... I tell you what; I'd rather spend my time thinking about every possible way in which I can take action in holding people who have betrayed the public trust accountable, than to report on every dastardly act being done to us.
I'm not interested in reporting what they do. I'm interested in taking action against "them." Does that turns me into a Don Quixote tilting at windmills? Maybe. But I would argue that there is a little bit of Don Quixote in every person who has ever thought it was possible to take on a corrupt system. And that's how we've been able to move civilization forward, inch by inch, rejecting the imposition of tyranny in favor of freedom and democracy.
My proposal focuses on addressing four core issues which I've identified as the root causes for the social dysfunction which has engulfed the country. I clearly understand that for these proposals to get any traction, there would have to be coordinated effort by tens of thousands of people across the entire country, and that's just to get it going.
I'm one, and I'm slowly been able to recruit a few others, and we'll continue this effort until we succeed.
- Media: As a result of corporate media conglomeration in the U.S., the citizenry is bombarded with false narratives, misinformation, lies, propaganda, and sensationalism, all carefully designed to manipulate the citizens a the behest of the corporate owners. We will take action against this propaganda machine.
- Government: Our government institutions have been corrupted by the wealth and power of corporatists cartels. The corruption is endemic, and widespread, in towns, cities, states, and the federal government. We will take action against corrupt government officials, from coast to coast.
- Corporatist Cartels: Corporatist cartels, driven by unquenchable greed, have corrupted our entire system of government. For an overview about this topic, please watch Bill Moyer's documentary, The United States of ALEC. These cartels need to be de-funded. I have specific proposals about how to start the process. We will take action against corporatist cartels.
- Education and Outreach: An important component of my proposed plan of action involves the need to engage in a nationwide outreach and education campaign to reach as many people as possible, with two main objectives: (1) Inform them about the current state of affairs; (2) Recruit them to the cause of reclaiming democracy, and helping bring about a better future for themselves, and for future generations
An integral part of the strategy I'm proposing is the concept of harnessing the wisdom of crowds. In that regard, I'll be working on developing ideas about crowd funding in different areas, including activism, business, housing, food, business collectives, employee-owned businesses, and mass communication. As I move this process forward, and especially, as I get input from YOU, I will be sharing the information on my website, at www.raypensador.com.
How are we going to do these things? The first, and most important step is to join forces. We will harness the collective wisdom of the citizens who join in this worthwhile cause. We will expose the lies, and the corruption; we will educate the population about the reasons for the social dysfunction; and we will take a series of actions in a very coordinated, strategic, and relentless manner.
We will remove the choke-hold corporatist interests have on our democracy. We will break the criminal too-big-to-fail, too-big-to-jail, banking oligopolies. We will tear down the propagandist media conglomerates. We will de-fund the corporatists, thus removing their power. We will rescind every draconian law that has chipped away at our constitutional rights. We will establish a sane and fair economic system.
How long is it going to take? I don't know, but we need to start now.
Join me in this effort. To view a copy of my first newsletter, click here. To learn about a People-powered advertising, marketing and educational project I'm launching to conduct outreach operations nationwide, click here.
P.S. The "Braveheart" cultural/entertainment reference is an appeal for people to think about how the collusion between nefarious corporatists interests and corrupt politicians on the take, threaten our very freedom and economic well-being.
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The current state of affairs. Let's change it!
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