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So here's a pitch.
I'm an honest human. I say what I feel much of the time. My heart, you might say, is on my sleeve.
I'm working class by some definitions - but I'm disabled, so really, I'm actually *underclass*. The truth is sometimes I look up at the people who work with
I'm an honest human. I say what I feel much of the time. My heart, you might say, is on my sleeve.
I'm working class by some definitions - but I'm disabled, so really, I'm actually *underclass*. The truth is sometimes I look up at the people who work with
great envy, and wish I too was waged, but there is a dearth of opportunities for me.
There was also great prejudice against me for being mentally unwell when I was at college; I was prescribed the wrong drug, and it went badly. I was thrown out. I was forced to pursue what
There was also great prejudice against me for being mentally unwell when I was at college; I was prescribed the wrong drug, and it went badly. I was thrown out. I was forced to pursue what
amounts to a paperless education: no certificates of praise, just thousands of books & watched lectures & listening to the wise.
I'm not the person to lead a political party; I'm not a leader, not a wise man, not a great speaker, not a great writer.
I'm not the person to lead a political party; I'm not a leader, not a wise man, not a great speaker, not a great writer.
But then I don't believe in leadership. Not, at least, leadership by One. Not in the sense of: get behind me and follow!
I believe in leadership in a different way. I believe in enabling others to lead; emergent leadership, you could call it. I believe in building a new
I believe in leadership in a different way. I believe in enabling others to lead; emergent leadership, you could call it. I believe in building a new
system in which people, perhaps those who have never been able to thrive, will be able to raise their voice with others and find a volume they never dared dream of.
This system is consensus. Consensus is the leader of the new political party I am founding; there is no
This system is consensus. Consensus is the leader of the new political party I am founding; there is no
"Big Personality", no "Dear Leader", no "Great Man" or "Great Woman" or "Themperor".
Instead, there's going to just be All Of Us.
We'll be a choir, but one that sometimes sings different songs all at the same time. And that'll be fine:
Instead, there's going to just be All Of Us.
We'll be a choir, but one that sometimes sings different songs all at the same time. And that'll be fine:
Harmony will be emergent, just like leadership.
The reason I want to do this is pretty simple. I'm tired of being told how to live. I'm tired of being told that this will save me, or that will save me; I'm tired of being "lead" by people who don't understand me and never really
The reason I want to do this is pretty simple. I'm tired of being told how to live. I'm tired of being told that this will save me, or that will save me; I'm tired of being "lead" by people who don't understand me and never really
can, because they're not even listening.
I want to be part of something that avoids that. I want to be part of something that avoids a big strong personality wandering in and flailing its charismatic power around the place, hauling everyone off in random directions
I want to be part of something that avoids that. I want to be part of something that avoids a big strong personality wandering in and flailing its charismatic power around the place, hauling everyone off in random directions
that many of the "everyone" didn't even want to go in, and weren't ever asked for.
So I'm a consensus democrat. I'm a leaderless system advocate. I believe that the best way to represent the will of any group of people is to just give them the tools to have a voice,
So I'm a consensus democrat. I'm a leaderless system advocate. I believe that the best way to represent the will of any group of people is to just give them the tools to have a voice,
and then to watch and listen to them raise it together.
If this sounds good - if you're a socialist - if you're an anarchist too, for that matter - then maybe you could come and raise your voice with me. Join the choir.
Create the Harmony.
If this sounds good - if you're a socialist - if you're an anarchist too, for that matter - then maybe you could come and raise your voice with me. Join the choir.
Create the Harmony.
