The first step to solving any problem is recognizing you have one.
What is our problem?
We are experiencing the poly-crisis.
We face a climate crisis where the use of fossil fuels are accelerating the warming of the planet, which is destabilizing the ecology sustaining current life of Earth.
We face an economic crisis where the mass majority of people, even in the wealthiest country on Earth, are struggling to afford essential goods and services.
We face a democratic crisis where the major political parties are so corrupt the super majority of voters have little influence on public policy.
We face a geopolitical crisis where an escalating series of surrogate conflicts are leading inevitably to WWIII.
Are there any solutions?
There are many.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the use of fossil fuels are causing the accelerating warming of the Earth. A rapid reduction in the use of fossil fuels will keep the warming from causing irreversible, catastrophic climate-related damages. We can achieve a rapid reduction of fossil fuels if we invest in a rapid increase of renewable energy.
The economic crisis is not due to insufficient goods and services in the global economy. The economic crisis is due to the gluttonous hoarding of goods and services by wealthy elites.
The democratic crisis is not due to a lack of voting rights or limited eligibility to run for elected office. The democratic crisis is due to insufficient political participation by the electorate, which empowers wealth to dominate political influence. If the electorate chose to reclaim its sovereignty by prioritizing political participation, political advertising and exclusive name recognition would not be as effective in determining election results.
The geopolitical crisis is due to the military industrial complex’s success in manufacturing consent through the use of prevailing narratives. We can overcome these narratives and reclaim our consent with a sober assessment of the historical facts leading up to each conflict.
The necessary condition for each one of these solutions is Unity.
The only advantage the global population has over the ruling elite is the power of our extreme majority, which can only be harnessed if we Unify.
If each of us reduces our use of fossil fuels as much as we can, we will slow the warming of our planet and force wealthy elites to offer renewable energy alternatives.
If each of us shared our excess resources in our local communities, we would eliminate the suffering from resource deprivation.
If each of us committed an hour a day to learning about our national, state and local politics, money would no longer be able to manipulate us to vote against our own interests.
If each of us challenged the prevailing narrative supporting the latest military conflict, none of us will have to die in another senseless war for the benefit of extreme wealth.
What can be done when we Unify?
We can each participate in the development of a global society that serves all of us.
