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In a time of great U.S. and global social unrest and unravelling,
Systemic Collapse and Renewal presents a blueprint for how
Americans can respond to that unrest by reclaiming and rebuilding
our democracy. Part I of the book traces the deep, underlying
sources of the disintegration and collapse. Through storytelling,
case history, and ethnography, it examines how a small group of
"elites" used ethnic diversity resulting from global migration to
the U.S. as a distraction while they implemented a planned,
behind-closed-doors strategy to seize the democracy and ruin the
middle class. With the former representative democracy hijacked by
these moneyed interests, this book demonstrates that it remains
quintessentially American to believe that there is always a way
out, and that the encroaching acts of fascism by "elites" can be
pushed back and defeated. Tapping into this optimism, Part II of
Systemic Collapse and Renewal sets forth a path for democratic
rebirth. That path begins by examining that which was taken away:
the shared meanings (cultural norms, beliefs, and behaviors) that
are deeply American and can be re-taught, celebrated, and once
again used by Americans to build social cohesion as a country. Part
II also urges a new U.S. educational and social movement based on
mutual reliance-and on the healing of wounds-for an increasingly
diverse country. Democratic renewal begins with the simple step of
sharing our stories and our dreams about how to make a better
world.
In a time of great U.S. and global social unrest and unravelling,
Systemic Collapse and Renewal presents a blueprint for how
Americans can respond to that unrest by reclaiming and rebuilding
our democracy. Part I of the book traces the deep, underlying
sources of the disintegration and collapse. Through storytelling,
case history, and ethnography, it examines how a small group of
"elites" used ethnic diversity resulting from global migration to
the U.S. as a distraction while they implemented a planned,
behind-closed-doors strategy to seize the democracy and ruin the
middle class. With the former representative democracy hijacked by
these moneyed interests, this book demonstrates that it remains
quintessentially American to believe that there is always a way
out, and that the encroaching acts of fascism by "elites" can be
pushed back and defeated. Tapping into this optimism, Part II of
Systemic Collapse and Renewal sets forth a path for democratic
rebirth. That path begins by examining that which was taken away:
the shared meanings (cultural norms, beliefs, and behaviors) that
are deeply American and can be re-taught, celebrated, and once
again used by Americans to build social cohesion as a country. Part
II also urges a new U.S. educational and social movement based on
mutual reliance-and on the healing of wounds-for an increasingly
diverse country. Democratic renewal begins with the simple step of
sharing our stories and our dreams about how to make a better
world.
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