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Are you looking for alternatives to
...all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to
suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
U.S. Declaration of Independence The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. Alice Walker The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. Albert Einstein You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Buckminster Fuller When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir Be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi Mark Twain quipped, It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress. After working with maximum security prisoners as a former Alternatives to Violence Project facilitator, I started wondering if politicians could also learn the same fundamental communication and collaboration skills. This website focuses concepts from Winning Decisions and Fair Elections on government, candidates, journalists, and voters.
It Takes a Village to Raise a Politician
The good news is we’re exploring solutions that work as a grassroots effort, within existing laws, and at very little cost. The bad news is it may require a grassroots effort which depends on the active participation of many people. You are welcome to browse but we recommend starting with methods, then comprehensive reforms, then ranked choice voting. If you start in the middle, look for links to related topics to help you catch up. It’s been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over while hoping for a different result. We’re working for fundamental campaign and election reforms, including
Ending Political Gridlock and Promoting Bipartisanship
Read Let Candidates Prove They Can Play Nice
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