To Leaders. To the People. Why We Will Do What We Will Do.

Let’s talk and put our cards on the table.

Photo by Michał Parzuchowski on Unsplash

When you are plotting a campaign of love and kindness, you do not need to plot in secret. Goodness can be and should be openly plotted. Everyone is invited to contribute however best they can.

Does this sound familiar?

I confess, my writings can often seem monotonous and refreshing at the same time. That’s because I do — intentionally — say the same things, albeit in different ways. But although I repeat myself, the world view I describe is rarely seen or heard elsewhere. What I say rings true—it reflects common experience, and common unspoken thoughts. Thus, it is both monotonous and refreshing.

Our world is in chaos, and is engaged in an orgy of self-destruction because our civilization is built on bad values and corrupted systems. Countries are ruled by elites, and those elites exploit billions of people for their labor and destroy the biosphere because they value the Earth only as a source of raw materials for personal self-enrichment.

But there is a wide gap between the values of our civilization and the values of most people who live within that civilization. Similarly, there is often a gap between the values of the institutions of corporations, and governments, and the people who work in them…