Or An Alternate Future for the Democratic Party
There seems to be a lot of talk about the Democratic Party being leaderless and rudderless. Well, when the Democratic National Committee is ready to accept the need for transformation, I suggest they listen to America’s new majority – the Independents. This is what we now require of any political party that seeks our support:
RESPECT
You’re not listening. We’ve told you time and again to enact term limits, open elections, balance the budget, end gerrymandering, get the money out of politics, place nice with the kids from across the street, and much more. You shower us with promises and then shift the blame for your persistent failures. Since you refuse to manifest prudence and temperance, please respect our collective wisdom and do as you are told.
RESPONSIBILITY
Stop acting like our parents (prohibere in loco parentis) while behaving like children. Quit trying to provide for our every need. Help us spread our wings and DO NOT rob us of responsibility for ourselves, our children, our families, our communities, our fellow citizens, and our nation. This is how we mature into sovereign citizens. We shouldn’t have to remind you that the goal of any democratic government is to empower, enable, and ennoble its citizens.
AGENCY
It is time for those endowed with sovereignty to be seated at the table. We require agency – the power to chart the course of our collective lives. As in more advanced democracies, the American Citizenry must select and vote on the national policy issues that will profoundly affect their destiny. Furthermore, the outcomes (if decisive) must bind the other three branches of government to enact those policy decisions. Herein lies the sovereignty We The People have long been promised and never experienced.
Will the Democrats retire their overpriced strategists, still devoted to partisan norms, and finally live up to their name? If not, perhaps some other “kick ass” party will help America reimagine it failing political system. As with all living things, Democracy must evolve or face extinction.
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