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Mary Poindexter McLaughlin's avatar

"There is a dark, heavy burden that comes with being on the outside of what everyone else believes..." That's for damn sure, and you describe it beautifully, if harrowingly. Reading about your experience as a parent in CA makes me shake my head in anger and bewilderment. Good for you to get the hell outta Dodge.

We are clearly on the same page, you and I! I'm so glad you're adding your voice to the mix. We as a nation and as a world have lost the "critical middle" and need writers like you to remind us what it used to look and feel like. How can we stand even a whiff of a chance against unfolding oppression if we don't unite?

Thanks for launching your stack -- and feel free to reach out! Mary

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The Society of Problem Solvers's avatar

The number one most important factor for determining quality of life on Earth is this:

What kind of system do you live under?

Think about it. If you tell us what kind of systems you live under - from systems of government, medicine, infrastructure, education, community, religion and more - chances are we can predict what kind of life you have.

Let's examine some recent problems: FTX. Voting systems. Medicine. Corruption. War. Homelessness.

It’s our own fault. All of it.

We have embraced the wrong kind of systems that govern over us - centralized ones - and they have become corrupted. It is time to change that. We need to understand and embrace decentralized systems, and fear centralized non transparent ones. And we need to be able to spot the difference.

Can you?

Once we recognize a system has been corrupted, it’s time to bust out the anecdote: TRANSPARENCY and DECENTRALIZATION.

Who wants to be part of a society of problem solvers instead of just complainers? Please, let's talk.

https://joshketry.substack.com/p/embrace-decentralized-systems-fear

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