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Tom Osher
Tom Osher
Nov 7 · 3 min read

These corrupt gov’ts. are taking us all down towards extinction. How can we finally get rid of them? Now, with world-wide protests, if we could coordinate a strategy. Does anyone have a strategy?

The strategy, in my opinion is to make one demand, the same for every country, to hold a referendum to vote on changing the structure of government from vertical (corrupt, always) to horizontal, (virtually uncorruptible). This is what we need to do, if we wish to make any real progress, to save the planet, to save humanity.

Why is it that humanity hasn’t evolved like science to where we all live in a world of peace, harmony, justice, and abundance? Its because corrupt governments have prevented this, therefore, this is what needs to be changed first.

This is the rarest of fleeting opportunities with for the first time in history, world-wide protests, and we could easily lose this opportunity if we are not clear in our thinking. That is, not to ask for crumbs from the master’s table, rather to allow the people to send those masters away for good, by changing the structure of governing. Changing the faces hasn’t really helped humanity escape their hold. Let’s learn from that and not make the same mistake for the umpteenth time. We can change the structure to prevent any further corruption.

Look up on Youtube, Rojava. This is the area in N. Syria where people have done this for 8 years. They are a great model for horizontal governing. While all the time being under attack from Syria, Iran, Isis, and Turkey who are trying to annihilate them right now with bombs so that they can dump 3 million Syrian refugees there and genocide the Kurd, who they hate.

Also, you can look on Youtube for sociocracy. This is another manner of governing or organizing horizontally. It is very similar.

Hopefully Extinction Rebellion will understand this and help coordinate the countries to make the same demand at the same time.

Maybe someone can point out why this isn’t what the protesters should be doing or maybe someone has a better idea. Please let’s hear it.

Quotes from the video about Rojava:

“Rojava, a model in societal self-direction. Neighbors make most decisions that affect them in a body called a commune, which is simply a neighborhood assembly.

Communes are connected by electable and removable spokespersons, one woman and one man. to form a neighborhood council, and neighborhoods are linked to form city councils and so on and so forth.

This is a bottom up or horizontal system for organizing societies. The larger the area a council or administration has, the less power it has. The heart of power is in the communes themselves.

The commune is made up of commitees which residents can sign up for i.e. committee for defense, health, peace and consensus, economic, education, women.

The video goes into explaining each committee one by one to understand how they work.

They have their own police force which is quite different than what we experience as “police”.

They have courts as well, but again different, and most disputes are settled out of court through the peace and consensus committee.

Conflicts arising from patriarchal violence are not to be judged by men.

There is direct democracy in the commune system, and hence, flexibility.

We decentralize power by encouraging consensus and participatory decision making.

Liberation of women is the main pillar of their society, “if women are not free, no one is free.”

There is no master plan. As the Zapatistas say, “We have to make the road by walking”. So let’s get started.”

Tom Osher

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I try not to identify with anything, my past, my age, gender, accomplishments, etc. I follow and manifest my dreams. If I am anything, I am love, the verb.

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