Civics and Civility for Capability

From early Governance With RCS

Some "how tos" for civics

Civility is an important part of civics and politics.

 

We can profit by learning:

~ some collaborative leadership.

~ about a deeper level of tolerance.

~ about sources of conflict.

~ how people who are fundamentally different from each other can develop sensibilities that enable them to get along.

~learning about consensus building.

 

We are at our civic best when we:

~ are listening. 

~ are working in partnership with others.

~ lead by example.

~ have the courage to be appropriately humble.

                We have a lot to learn. My old aunt told me that by beginning, we are half way there. After beginning one does ones best by keeping on keeping on.

                                                                RCS

Civics for the Brave and the Free

Some "how to" for civics

Civility is an important part of civics and politics.

We can profit by learning:

~ some collaborative leadership.

~ about a deeper level of tolerance.

~ about sources of conflict.

~ how people who are fundamentally different from each other can develop sensibilities that enable them to get along.

~learning about consensus building.

 

We are at our civic best when we:

~ are listening. 

~ are working in partnership with others.

~ lead by example.

~ have the courage to be appropriately humble.

                We can practice and learn and, we can learn and practice. My old aunt told me that by beginning, we are halfway there. After beginning one does one's best by keeping on keeping on.

                                                                RCS

Dr. Jill Stein | Full Talk and Q&A | Oxford Union

Green Party economics are getting better. Green environment includes $ in a working person's pocket. Corporate rule. She speaks here to English people in England.

War for oil.  Adapting to Climate change. Equality and justice. Dissolution of classical parties. Cancelling student debt possible. Know our power.  A really nice platform. Immigration problems from climate changes.

Bad words for wars. Almost as bad for military. Health care. 

Cubans quickly got very healthy.

Americans getting sicker or not improving.

She is not a great speaker, but she knows the problems better than all recent presidents. 

She also has good ideas of how the country can pay cash for its needs.

How to handle the politics wasn't much talked about, she will need our cooperation and backup in an ongoing process.

She describes our governors as predatory.


How shall we give Dr. Jill Stein more real protection and support?

"We" Is An Activity

Mago Bill: A kind of contemplation of 'we' and 'us' as a social value.

            We can agree that "we" is a relationship, can't we? When we agree to relate it may be good to speak of the level at which we wish to relate. At what level might it be good for us to relate? We could speak of the reason for our relationship. How might we go about relating ? Might it be important that we show our concern for our "we?"

            What's in it for you? What's your interest? How is a mutual or reciprocal relationship handled?

            A "we" must consist of people, persons, individuals, right? Have you seen
the start of a "we?" Was there a kind of joining? Doesn't a "we" require some kind of maintenance?

            What do you suspect, believe, or know about the "we" in the "We the people..." document?

            That "we" could refer to us. How do we go about keeping track of our common interests? How do we reciprocate? "We the people" are a social relationship, aren't they?

            Let's say that we are the people in the "We the people" we know about.
What is the nature of our relationship? What is reason for our relationship? What's in it for you?

            "We" implies a unity, a union. We can probably agree that better and worse unions can be detected. How might we form a more perfect union?

            You may have some notions of "we" stirring in your mind now.

            Communication is important. Talk, dialogue, discussion are important. Talk of "us" and "we"  may be so important as to be called vitally important.

            I say that communication of persons is vitally important for the initiation and maintenance of a "we".    

            To have a good nation we have to have a good "we". 




Meditation techniques can be improved.


                                                                                        by Richard
for Mago Bill

Conversations with History: Daniel Ellsberg

What are you willing to learn of our recent past? It is about who you are and who your recent ancestors are.

Bernie Sanders & Robert Reich discuss how we defeat Republicans' horrid ...

They are talking about what is being done to us right now. When we refuse to do, we are done. Done to. Not ye finished off. When we refuse to govern ourselves, we are at he mercy of those willing to do so.  Find out what social organization is. We need organization. We are the potential grassroots. If we stay in the seed bag, we do not grow. Money is not a good excuse.

Truth as a Common Good with Robert Reich

We started down in the early 60s and began to crash in the late 70s. Through it all we left it to the hands of God. The old people told me that God helps those who help themselves. A part of helping ourselves is not abrogating our responsibility for governance.  We learn by doing.

Lind Initiative 2017 - Robert Reich on the Rise of the Anti-Establishment

Our politics is our way of sharing our wealth.  Just what is the Lind Initiative?

Why Can't Third Parties Take Off?

A third party may be best at popularizing new planks and new platforms.
Third party members do gain office. However, their most important function may be to educate voters.
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Conversations with History: Glenn Greenwald

We can organize to form our nexus for doing. We can organize to form a sort of useful institution.
We can consider how to effective protect our nexus. We can practice what we want and learn by doing.   Talking over what we are doing until enough of us are on the same page is vital. We will need an exceptional  understanding of our common aims. We will need great sources of learning.  We will need duplicate sources of information.  We will need to do that which we want to be.   I like liberty, justice, honesty, and democracy.                                                                                                                                       

Nick Hanauer answers audience questions - BBC HARDtalk

Change in the USA

Nick Hanauer Interview with Cenk Uygur On The Young Turks

Lets get political enough to do our part in taking care of our country and nation.

Citizen University: Eric Liu

We can start by deciding that it is a good idea to live up to our stated creed. Let's learn how to get things done.
We can learn to be more powerful citizens

Sociocultural Systems

Not too complicated.

It is worth while to contemplate culture.

TEDxRainier - Eric Liu - Seattle's Civic Secret Sauce

Civics. Civics for fun and profit. Society and behavior.

David Simon on America as a Horror Show

We lost because we would not teach our children. Not about our history, our politics, our philosophy, our government, our economics!

What the 1% Don't Want You to Know

Better late than never, but it is very late. It was late in 1964.Many of your great grandparents knew what was happening.Even my old aunts knew about the political and social and cultural dumbing of Americans.

Culture is More Important than Politics

We can make culture. Magic Table Dialogue can provide first lessons in making culture. Politics may be a pleasant duty. Civics.

Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand power

democracy, Mago Bill, culture, Magic Table Dialogue, Civics, power. All for ordinary people. Awareness and Understanding.
Willful ignorance. It is OK to wake up.

Will Rogers Said.........

Will Rogers is an interesting guy from our recent history.

He is often funny and smart. Check him out online; Wikipedia is a good place to start.

Below are a few things he has said that I have enjoyed. Bet you can find a quote here that you enjoy: 

~ "Ten men in the country could buy the world and 10 million can't buy enough to eat."
    

~ There is one thing in common with all revolutions, nobody knows what they are fighting about. 

~ "This would be a great time in the world for some man to come along that knew something."

~ We don't have to worry about anything . No nation in the world was ever sitting so pretty. If we want anything, all we have to do is buy it on credit."

~ Villains are getting as thick as college degrees. and sometimes one the same fellow."

~ When the judgement day comes, civilization will have an alibi, 'I never took a human life, I only sold the fellow the gun to take it with."

~ "We shouldn't elect a president, we should elect a magician."

~  "...the most unemployed or the hungriest man in America has contributed in some way to the wealth of every millionaire in America. It was the big boys themselves who thought that this financial drunk we are going through was going to last forever. They over-merged and over capitalized and over-everything else. That's the fix we are in now."

~ "Who considers the poor billionaire?"

                Don't blame me for the quotes. Will Rogers said it.
Some people thought that Will was some kind of cowboy others thought he was some kind of Indian. You can learn a lot about the USA by learning about him.

                These Will Rogers quotes come here from RCS Posts. There is more to see and to read at RCS Posts. You can go directly to RCS Posts by clicking on this blue  RCS Posts.

                Thank you for reading!

                                                                                            Richard for Mago Bill