The Founding Fathers understood human nature and provided a remarkable set of rules designed to keep authoritarian powers at bay and ensure a system of checks and balances (7 min speaking).
“I prefer dangerous freedom to peaceful tyranny.” (Thomas Jefferson) The elegance of the US Constitution is in the elegant simplicity of the expression of unalienable rights. It seems far too complicated for the “average” person. How sad is our collective devolution. “Contempt of Congress” - what about holding the present Congress in contempt?
We must make this abundantly clear. We need a system of advertising that makes these common sense points to the average citizen. How to get through to the numbed, desensitized. Shock and awe but with the best of intentions. Grass roots.
“I prefer dangerous freedom to peaceful tyranny.” (Thomas Jefferson) The elegance of the US Constitution is in the elegant simplicity of the expression of unalienable rights. It seems far too complicated for the “average” person. How sad is our collective devolution. “Contempt of Congress” - what about holding the present Congress in contempt?
Indeed.
We must make this abundantly clear. We need a system of advertising that makes these common sense points to the average citizen. How to get through to the numbed, desensitized. Shock and awe but with the best of intentions. Grass roots.
I agree with a grassroots approach.