Dec 4, 2023·edited Dec 4, 2023Liked by Christopher Cook
This is exceptional, Chris, thank you. The term 'we the prople' is one of those loose terms that, as you say, doesn't exist in reality. Just as a company cannot be a person nor a political party represented by everyone hence the problem with the term 'democracy'. I have been guilty of using 'we the people' without thinking about it properly, and it's always good to be awakened to such things.
Community, however, is a reality when people come together with love and respect for their home-ground and members within it. The dictionary has diluted this word over time to completely extract the essence of what it is to be part of a community and this, I think, is where the problem lies. As we have become so estranged, our dependency on government has increased - I believe, entirely by design.
Joining together to help each other locally is the way forward and your work is going a long way to help with that. I have more to learn about your thesis and look forward to this new journey.
I am glad we are working together on this. Please feel free to tell others, too—if I can start to make a living doing this, I can expand my efforts significantly.
I am soon to start writing and recommending - in fact I will do this today for 'The Freedom Scale'. I am starting to build a community here already which is so wonderful. I have much to share that goes far beyond my general Nature theme and which I will weave in as I progress. This has much to do with my late father's work, Jeff Cartwright, and his published book 'Cultural Transformation' which I was very much involved with. There are some amazing synergies that will naturally come together in time and, I too, look forward to working with you.
This is exceptional, Chris, thank you. The term 'we the prople' is one of those loose terms that, as you say, doesn't exist in reality. Just as a company cannot be a person nor a political party represented by everyone hence the problem with the term 'democracy'. I have been guilty of using 'we the people' without thinking about it properly, and it's always good to be awakened to such things.
Community, however, is a reality when people come together with love and respect for their home-ground and members within it. The dictionary has diluted this word over time to completely extract the essence of what it is to be part of a community and this, I think, is where the problem lies. As we have become so estranged, our dependency on government has increased - I believe, entirely by design.
Joining together to help each other locally is the way forward and your work is going a long way to help with that. I have more to learn about your thesis and look forward to this new journey.
100% agree, and thank you for the kind words.
I am glad we are working together on this. Please feel free to tell others, too—if I can start to make a living doing this, I can expand my efforts significantly.
I am soon to start writing and recommending - in fact I will do this today for 'The Freedom Scale'. I am starting to build a community here already which is so wonderful. I have much to share that goes far beyond my general Nature theme and which I will weave in as I progress. This has much to do with my late father's work, Jeff Cartwright, and his published book 'Cultural Transformation' which I was very much involved with. There are some amazing synergies that will naturally come together in time and, I too, look forward to working with you.
Synergy sounds great! Looking forward to it.
It does and me too, onwards we go!