civic engagement
Daily Alchemy: Can we make this controversy good?
63d ago“Was the Missouri Supreme Court justified in blocking provisions targeting nonpartisan civic engagement groups?”
Large Scale societal cooperation begins with small scale relational skills. If we can't talk honestly with our partners, children or neighbors it becomes unrealistic to expect productive dialogue at political/insituional levels.... I'm considering the question, and what it means or infers. There is, possibly, so much my mind wants to -simultaneously- include and unpack. Are you asking for: My opinion? -or- My utopian dream?... I feel as if we as a country, and a "United" people, have been in a free fall since 2016 and recent years before. I have never seen public opinion become so weaponized as it has been over these past years.... Freedom- Identity vs Practice
American society is steeped in independence. We inherit it, however, do we wield it? Our founding documents frame liberty as fundamental— The Declaration of independence, The Constitution. Freedom can be looked at as protection from government.... That is about as heartbreaking and enraging as I was expecting, unfortunately. Sounds like we need better mechanisms for selecting these coalitions. Although my shooting-from-the-hip guess is that I stared at that for a while I'd find other equilibria around civic engagement,... Imagine... then Implement
Imagine online polling of only verified registered voters of a specific voting district who publicly cast their poll votes in polls that parallel “real-world” voting systems of elections for candidates, and/or agenda items in town council meetings, in that exact voter’s voting... Writing the above has given me some motivation to reach out to the Malibu city council and just put in my two cents. Above is needing editing and re-wording and pizazz. But what is good: Movement towards sharing ideas, movement towards feeling freedom to share.... Politics self-assessment quiz from an integral perspective
I’m obsessively working on a course I’ve been trying to build for 4 years and have recently made big breakthroughs with. I’ve just completed the first draft of questions in the topic of politics.... I do some google searching, like I am now for prop a in Travis county (which was opaque to me, but now after maybe 10 minutes of research seems like a good idea). I spend maybe an hour total reading overviews and a pro vs con.... Do I assume the government has done their due diligence and my vote is simply a measure of trust? Absolutely not. I now think saying "the government" is a little like saying "capitalism" or "christianity"—mormons and catholics are quite different.... This is such a thing; and I really appreciate you speaking to it from the first person perspective. Hot take: this is one reason why I don’t get behind "get out to vote" campaigns.... Who am I to decide?
California General Election is here and once again I’m asked to decide the fate of a few propositions which I believe I’m in no position to make decisions on. For example, Prop 2 an 4 are asking for $10B of debt each to fund various important things.... Teal Version of US Democracy
I asked ChatGpt what changes could be made to US democracy to make it teal. I really dig these concepts. I hadn’t ever heard of Liquid Voting before, and it sounds cool as heck.... Anecdote time. My dad was involved in politics at the state level, and eventually became disillusioned by it all. One year he was particularly dismayed by the options, wrote a polite letter about it, attached the fine for not voting, and mailed to the Australian Electoral... In Australia we have compulsory voting. You get fined if you don’t vote. I think that came from a belief that we’re pretty apathetic and might not engage with the system otherwise. This isn’t always a clear win.... I think it’s definitely ethical to choose not to vote. Elections as they are presented to us today are a very specific frame that we all choose to buy into (mostly without being aware that it’s our choice). Choosing not to engage is also a choice, and a perfectly valid one imo....