Why local?

I am not a victim of the world I see.

It's easy to feel discouraged about the future. It's even easier to give up, and play into the crazy logic we are told is true: worry about the future becuase you have no control over it.

But its easiest just to give it up.

Rather than focus on the corrupt politicians, blaming them for our problems (all the while reinforcing our belief in their power) - let's talk about us. Let's talk about you. Let's talk about beautiful, infinite, brilliant you.

YOU are the rightful arbitor of destiny, and by this I don't mean the little "you" which considers itself, well, little. The big YOU is in there too; the one who is entirely confident and has never doubted for one moment that shit - we can do this. Shit, this is what we're supposed to have been doing all along.

Instead of organizing marches (although these are important too), let's organize our communites. Let's decide what it is we want, consider what we are doing, check to make sure its working (here's a hint: its not), and then make a plan. Our society is not working right now - the time has come to change the way we do things.

Together, through our local governments, we will fix this. Right now, our local governments are not governed by the People. Our elected officials operate entirely independently of the People's Voice. What is the People's voice? It's yours. It's hers. It's his. It's everybodys, which means its NOT just the businessman, NOT just the councilman and NOT just the rich man. We must begin to talk about our future together, so we can look forward to it. The time has come to standUP, America.