Good morning.
We live in a time of great risk and great possibility.
When elementary school kids go into Diane Feinstein’s office and put on a Sunrise Movement display about how this seasoned politician is unable to recognize just how serious this problem of climate change is. This is the power of the youth voice.
The underlying disfunction of our society has become so out of balance, threatening humanity on such a fundamental level. Our mainstream culture is like the frog in the pot that is getting hotter but we don’t have the capacity to jump out before we become frog soup.
It is the view through the eyes of a fresh new generation that has the clarity to call it out. They are not yet dissociated into an adult world view. The less acculturated outlook of young people is not caught in the confusion and fog of business as usual. Can you believe how this group of kids exposed Diane’s complacency in a way that it is headline news on all the major news outlets today?! This youth movement is so powerful.
But this is not just about young people. This is about youthful consciousness.
Diane Feinstein, what would it be like if you had an awakening moment, when suddenly your heart opened to how you might have felt when you were a 5 year old, for example. On your first day of school, perhaps. Eyes filled with trepidation, wonder and the feeling of unlimited possibilities that come as your imagination makes play dolls come alive.
Yes Diane, you called out Kavanaugh for his egregious offenses, you have towed a quasi progressive line. But we live in a new era where this is just not going to cut it. The time is now for the natural resource of our youthful spirit to lead the way in imagining a viable future for humanity and this planet. Diane, please join us.
Dialectics of Age 