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Originally Posted by bpcyclist
Okay, I see what you are getting at, I think. I helped run a small, public laser company for several years. Our strategy was that tugboats pull boats and so we went after the tugs. That was largely my job and it worked extremely well. But there was not the same level of institutionaal and philosophical resistance in that work that there is with abuse of mentally ill people. I do agree with you that power does have to be ceded by the masses in order for it to be succesfully taken from them. So, maybe the power I am referring to will come from this ground floor you describe. i can certainly see that. Thank you again for your thoughts and input--I really appreciate it.
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I have loved this discussion. I really appreciate the way we can respectfully swap different perspectives and look for the truth in each of them without rejection. Open hearts. Open minds.
I think everything you've said is also true and represents legit challenges to overcome. A strategy for an initiative this large would need to be multifaceted and everyone would need to co create the solution doing the piece they feel passionate about and called to do.
There are a lot of great ways to move this forward in the thread you started. Like the business you ran. Your target may have been the tug boat, but there's room for someone else to target the shipping vessels and for someone else to get after the cruise liners. We are all a best fit for something. There is no 'big' or 'small' when people people unite.
