Dave Lindorff delivers one of the better analysis of the current political crisis our nation, lo humanity itself, is currently facing.

Are current political systems - our own and others around the world - fundamentally incapable of dealing with the biggest crisis facing mankind, indeed facing life on earth?

Unfortunately, the answer is pretty much - yes.

It might seem strange that in a democracy, ordinary people would prefer to go about their lives in a way that threatens the very survival of their children, or certainly of their grandchildren, rather than to seriously inconvenience themselves in an effort to protect their progeny, but that is what we see happening.

Perhaps the fact that we are not living in a democracy but rather a corporate state might help explain why this is indeed occurring.

Moreover, political systems, including our own, are structured so as to dissuade anyone in politics from advocating the needed revolutionary changes.

Bingo.

As for those needed changes, I highly recommend the work of CELDF and their Democracy Schools. Attend one if you get the chance. You’ll find it one of the more valuable experiences in your civic life that you will ever have.

Read Dave Lindoff’s Full Essay Here