What a good example of suggesting positive action - and doing it!
REAL CHANGE IHAPPENS WITH TRANSPARENCY, FACTS, GOOD WILL, LIFE [not just human] RIGHTS, AND PARTICIPATION - AND WE CAN EACH START CONTRIBUTING NOW.
I personally would start with specifying minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities for running for any public office. An operational and assessment plan for all three legs of government: an annual statement of concrete goals, long term and annually, with assessment and adaptation integrated, with a good dose of participative democracy especially budgeting.
The rule of law to be the COMMON GOOD. Simplest procedures, least interventions, maximum benefits. Expertise required to draft policy and procedure. Exceptions dealt with individually in line with common good unless and until sufficient instances indicate they need incorporation into general rules.
Lots of public comment.
Consequences for noncompliance. And enforcement of those consequences.
Throughout education and public interactions, demonstrations of critical thinking skills topmost logic and its alter ego. Applied economics: the uses of peace dividends and the neverending costs of war. Civics classes for all: factual history, government operations, and participation as a civic duty. Immediate best practices study groups on governmental citizen service and cooperation, neighborhood to global. With international field trips, person-to-person. These already happen, we just don't hear.
What am I missing? The military budget should cover transition and operations costs.
The response to sarcasm and criticisms, WHY NOT? And WHAT'S BETTER? And of course, incorporating what IS better.
And we each contribute from now if we haven't started yet.
This is just my synthesis to prime the pump, from observation and participation over many years. There are pathfinders, here are a few,
What a good example of suggesting positive action - and doing it!
REAL CHANGE IHAPPENS WITH TRANSPARENCY, FACTS, GOOD WILL, LIFE [not just human] RIGHTS, AND PARTICIPATION - AND WE CAN EACH START CONTRIBUTING NOW.
I personally would start with specifying minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities for running for any public office. An operational and assessment plan for all three legs of government: an annual statement of concrete goals, long term and annually, with assessment and adaptation integrated, with a good dose of participative democracy especially budgeting.
The rule of law to be the COMMON GOOD. Simplest procedures, least interventions, maximum benefits. Expertise required to draft policy and procedure. Exceptions dealt with individually in line with common good unless and until sufficient instances indicate they need incorporation into general rules.
Lots of public comment.
Consequences for noncompliance. And enforcement of those consequences.
Throughout education and public interactions, demonstrations of critical thinking skills topmost logic and its alter ego. Applied economics: the uses of peace dividends and the neverending costs of war. Civics classes for all: factual history, government operations, and participation as a civic duty. Immediate best practices study groups on governmental citizen service and cooperation, neighborhood to global. With international field trips, person-to-person. These already happen, we just don't hear.
What am I missing? The military budget should cover transition and operations costs.
The response to sarcasm and criticisms, WHY NOT? And WHAT'S BETTER? And of course, incorporating what IS better.
And we each contribute from now if we haven't started yet.
This is just my synthesis to prime the pump, from observation and participation over many years. There are pathfinders, here are a few,
https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/articles/15740863816980-Strong-Towns-and-Big-Cities-Office-Hours-Chuck-Marohn
https://www.peoplepowered.org/
Do you know Charlotte Perkins Gilman? For a laugh at our own expense, I highly recommend Herland.
https://archive.org/details/herland_0806_librivox/herland_01_gilman.mp3