Most Americans realize that the economic and political systems of their country are dominated by a rich and powerful few. They understand that their concerns and interests will not be represented if they happen to conflict with those of the privileged elite and that no major policy change will occur, regardless of need, if it threatens the status quo.
People naturally object to this unfairness and the inequalities that result. If they thought they could do something about it, they probably would. As it is, most live fairly comfortably with enough income security that they are not driven to seek a means to effect change.
What they are beginning to see and feel, however, is disturbing their complacency. Not many who sat through the near financial meltdown a year ago came away unshaken, not after watching the supposed economic experts in government and on Wall Street appear nite after nite on national television like deer in the headlights, clueless. At least, in exchange for relative powerlessness and disadvantage, people thought somebody was actually in charge and that the “system” could basically be depended on. Well, that was but one glaring episode among an ever increasing number of others that is leading people to question that assumption.
Americans are good and decent people who can make sound decisions when presented with the facts, and they will act on those decisions if provided a means.
The Great Campaign will kick off several years from now after the groundwork has been laid. Quite possibly by then the American public will have been subjected to more such shocks. In any case, further evidence of a broken political and economic system will have certainly emerged to stir their growing restiveness.
The societal and environmental costs of an inadequate response to the ever more apparent and catastrophic effects of climate change along with the immediate pocketfelt costs of rising energy prices could galvanize the public’s attention. It is the intention of the Fellowship of the Commons to organize individuals passionate about the environment and/or passionate about reforming our failing economic and political structures into an irresistable force supported by the majority of Americans.
The initial result of the successful conclusion of The Great Campaign to Reclaim the Commons and Assert the Autonomy of the American People, will be the creation of a Sky Trust to effectively reduce the emmissions of greenhouse gases. The positive repercussions of this achievment will be far-reaching and manifold, as power shifts solidly back to the people, doors open and the possibilities for a sustainalbe and equitalble future begin to emerge.
More on strategy later.