Wednesday, January 17
“… we ourselves are imbued with a sense of urgency, yet the message of our society is that there is no viable alternative to the present. Beneath the reassuring tones of the politicians, beneath the common opinion that America will ‘muddle through,’ beneath the stagnation of those who have closed their minds to the future, is the pervading feeling that there simply are no alternatives, that our times have witnessed the exhaustion not only of Utopias, but of any new departures as well. Feeling the press of complexity upon the emptiness of life, people are fearful of the thought that at any moment things might be thrust out of control. They fear change itself, since change might smash whatever invisible framework seems to hold back chaos for them now.”
That’s the paragraph I had mentioned earlier. The fact is, they’re not going to consider change until they find the present absolutely unbearable. In order for the Movement, as we know it, to grow, they need to become so uncomfortable that change will be the only livable solution. Is that radical enough for you?
Just how to you suppose we make people uncomfortable, Coleman? What are you proposing?
