Date: 2017-08-17 08:05 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] sarasa_cat
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**Nods**

My main concern though is that when the blind leads the blind, frameworks don't change. Merely telling someone that a certain mode of thought or behavior isn't appropriate doesn't work. A person also need to understand why. The act of understanding why requires info that, frankly, their in-group/identity-group probably doesn't have. Thus, harmful misinformation continues to spread and progress stagnates.

Also, no worries about the rambliness.

A random thought regarding the fact that, unfortunately, there is no way we can call a nation-wide time out and have a giant teach-in ... except, waitaminute. Maybe we can. :)

The problem I've seen for quite a while is a lack of unifying leadership amongst all of the groups that stand for social progress. In this current moment we're in desperate need of someone (or, preferably, a small group of someones) with outstanding oratory skill -- people who deeply understand various aspects of the problem and have the charisma and speaking power to cleanly, crisply, and clearly communicate what each problem is, how it came into being, and how to move forward. And while this IS NOT a magic bullet in any sense, it would be better than what there is now: a cacophony of middling voices on the left and center who cannot agree. Looking backwards, I have seen too much distrust amongst various groups on the far left, center-left, and business-as-usual center. Looking forward, idk, maybe we can hope that the horror in the white house (and the deep unsettlingness in many state-level governments) will create enough of an obvious threat for everyone else to learn how to build necessary bridges so alliances can be made, unifying *usefuless* messages can be found, and tools for rebuilding a better society can be learned.

After all, the wheel doesn't need to be reinvented. There are many issue-specific groups who have been slogging away for years or decades on their issue. That's where the expertise is. We just need more awareness of all these various issues framed by the people who know it best. That's the hard part.
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