The Spectrum/Dialogue Concept Is Key To Power
America is the richest, most powerful country today because it is the oldest democracy. Nepal is two years older than America, but it is one of the poorest. Democracy creates wealth. Democracy is social progress.
After slavery was abolished in America, the country started out on a major industrial trajectory.
After women were granted voting rights, there was another industrial shift. The country took to the air and to the roads. The automobile industry got launched.
The end of segregation brought forth the second industrial revolution.
Bill Clinton's progressive thrust brought forth the dot com boom and the longest peacetime economic expansion in history.
Social progress has to be made on all fronts: race, gender, class. Every time a major leap is taken, it is like breaking a sound barrier. A whole, new positive reality emerges.
That is why we have to figure out the least disruptive ways of making social progress. For me it is almost like the efficiency concept in the world of business.
And it literally is about money, like the guy says in the movie Jerry McGuire: "Show me the mo-ney!"
Social progress benefits both the oppressor and the oppressed. The trick is to show them that is the case. The trick is to show them the money, the promise of it.
And this goes beyond race and gender. This also applies to education, health and free trade. This applies to feeling good about China and India.
I believe I have offered the basic framework: The Spectrum/Dialogue Concept Is Key To Power.
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