The disappointment I feel with the passivity and lack of critical thinking of the previous and current adult generation is currently at maximum levels...

If someone tells me that...

  • I would be alive to watch Orwellian systems being pedaled by countries that call themselves "1st World Countries" I wouldn't not have believe it.
  • The political system called "democracy" will become a joke, where the political arena is controlled by the donors and therefore the "elected" politicians will bend over to please their donors and their interests instead to work for the people.... I wouldn't have believe it.
  • The united West would support unjust causes, fund extremist to support the interests of the pharmaceutical, the energy and the military industrial complex... I would not have believe it.
  • The united West, will ban books, and attack people with corrupted law enforcement due to their ideology, religious believes or simply for telling inconvenient truth's as official or citizen journalists, scientists, doctors, whistleblowers... I wouldn't have believe it.
But here we are and is all happening...

The Minority

Those aware of what is at stake, can keep doing their part, but the amount of NPC characters, sold outs, traitors and corrupt officials is overwhelming, and IMO , until we don't separate the money from the state this will just get worst until it breaks.

The Gaslighters

And when someone or a group starts spreading hope, telling you not to worry, asking you to do nothing, telling you they are in control and they will take down the corrupted web harming your country, you are most probably being gaslighted and surrendering your power to a psychological operation built to neutralize you.

What can we do?

Few suggestions:
  1. Information is empowering, read, inform yourself, do not use the main stream media only, expand your sources of information, question more
  2. Get involve with your community
  3. Research and demand accountability for the elected officials when they do not behave correctly or work against the interest of your city.
  4. Write to the elected officials when new laws are to be approved, demand explanations if they are harming your town/city, organize, collect signatures and perform referendums to remove political bad actors from office
  5. Organize the community to understand the law and your rights, look for volunteer lawyers to give free lectures and recommend literature to digest, consider going to law school lectures, the more informed you are the better prepared to fight back for your constitutional rights
  6. Lead by example
  7. Try listening more
  8. Do not trust any news, no matter the source, verify
  9. Free yourself from the Fiat system as much as possible, learn about #Bitcoin and start saving in hard money
What do you think?
As someone who's first read Orwell's 1984 well before 1984, I've all but given up on my generation ever "doing their part", sadly. And to some extend, I understand why: it's been working reasonably well for them for the most part - so far.
While I like most of your 9 suggestions, I think you omitted number 0: Instil critical thinking skills from pre-school age. However, I guess you sort of implied that by leading with "Critical Thinkers Needed".
So, a critical shortage of critical thinking 30+ years ago, is what I believe allowed the current situation to develop. And it is disappointing.
As the saying goes: the best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago (https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/12/29/plant-tree/). We should have started teaching critical thinking at an early age a long. long time ago.
But, the saying goes on to say: the 2nd best time is today!
By referencing "the previous and current adult generation", I'm guessing you're a bit younger than that? If so, then it gives me hope! The fact that you seem to already be applying critical thinking could imply that some trees are at least being planted today.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Personally, I'm not convinced that 3 and 4 are viable any more, but when asked what the alternatives are, I also can't really come up with viable alternatives yet. But seeing what's been developing since 2009 (bitcoin, nostr, fedimint, etc.) it seems promising that an alternative will emerge from all of this. Just my 2 sats.
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Amen to that.
It's starts very early in raising the next generation: learn them how to learn.
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+1
Very insightful!
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I think we have to learn how to judge less. When you stop judging, you will understand more.
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Interesting comment
IMO, that is a very difficult task, if I think of it, I do not believe most people truly understand the concept of being judgmental, the vast majority of our civilization have grown accustomed to it as the norm...
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Under your suggestions; no7 Try Listening More… this is true in almost all areas of life but seems particularly bad in the Bitcoin twatter space. No one gets the chance to ‘talk’ as it’s just people shouting each other down.
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Your first bold section defines exactly what the republican party is doing/attempting to do. To a T.
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