1/ The biggest problem we have is that we keep trying to solve the problem on the level of the symptom rather than addressing the level of cause. The cause is our psychological disconnect from the tenets of the Declaration of Independence.

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2/ America’s mission statement: All men are created equal. God gave all men unalienable rights to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness. Governments are instituted to secure those rights. And when govt’s not doing their job it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.
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3/ The genius of the Right has been to claim the Founders’ vision even while they trampled all over it. The mistake of many on the Left has been to disavow the Founders’ vision even while they sought to preserve it. We can claim the vision without being starry-eyed about the men.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
For decades we've been becoming more and more numb. Addictions to numbing agents, the biggest on screen. Numb to violent behavior, numb to aggression, numb to hatred. It's an American issue and it's a world issue. We MUST teach empathy.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
“When Abraham Lincoln said that those who died on the battlefield at Gettysburg had died so that a government of the people, and by the people, and for the people, would not perish. It is perishing now.”
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Replying to @marwilliamson
The biggest problem in our government is that we need structural change. Our legislative branch is unresponsive to its constituents. The remedy is found in Article 1 Sec. 3. There shall be no fewer than 30K citizens/ house member.
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Absolutely not because resolving the root causes requires systemic changes which can reduce the lucrative operations of political sponsors and Wall Street... It’s much easier to form discussion committees and pay themselves handsome salaries to implement more useless laundering
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Replying to @marwilliamson
When its all boiled down, its greed
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