Part of me feels like we shouldn't do it until we sort our shit out.
Like, prove we have a system that can act as a good custodian for the world we have. That doesn't leave people behind, doesn't just shrug and act like it's no big deal that wages are stagnant while the cost of living continues to rise, and major decisions are made by a lucky few... While everyone else is stuck with the crappy system they create.
Sure, I talk a lot about the relationship between leaders and led, and those of us who aren't in the top 1% of wealth can do something about it (though with the lock they seem to have on levers of change, that something increasingly seems like it will have to be extremely painful and disruptive... Hence why I keep calling the powers-that-be fools).
And that's really the point, isn't it? When 70%+ of the population agrees on something, and it's blocked by a well connected few - and not even blocked because they're smarter or know better, but because they either don't differentiate between their own self interest and everyone's best interests - there's going to be trouble.
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