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WELCOME TO CIVIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE 21st CENTURY

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by Dan Devine

(Written in 2002)

 

It’s here and it’s happening now!

We The People: It’s time to get empowered!

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Whether you’re ready for it or not, the internet is empowering people to take action to make the world a better place. From Hometown, USA to Washington, DC, individual power is rapidly increasing as the internet reaches more people each day. Better get ready: this is powerful. It is very powerful. And it is having incredible political ramifications.

 

No longer do traditional power brokers and broadcast media pundits dominate the discourse of politics. No longer do party hacks and special interests supersede the concern of taxpayers to suit their own self-serving agendas. And no longer is direct access to power an exclusive process that is controlled by the politically connected. Today, they are all remnants of past machine politics. Today, we are all politically connected!

 

Now that power is in our hands, opportunities are abound for self-organization grassroots and netroots efforts that create communities which are focused on issues which directly affect the interests of that community. The political dinosaurs are dismayed. They no longer have dominance. They are losing power. Democracy is thriving and the welfare of the people will prevail.

 

The destiny of community prosperity is now in the hands of concerned citizens and activists everywhere. Such amazing developments are compelling people to take direct action. You’ve got to take action it to engage it! Either become empowered to participate in the political process and have prosperity or remain complacent and be coerced to subsist in the deliberately debilatative and distracting discourse of obsolete politics. It’s up to you! Yes, it’s up to you!

 

The economic implications are immense. Wall Street is booming. Everyone wants to invest in the market. Wealth is becoming available for everyone but is being hoarded through inequity by the very few at the top. Yet, these political ramifications have been happening for decades. And everyone interested in politics is obsessed over how technology is constantly changing the political playing field. It is inspiring, overwhelming and awesome!

 

Yet, the balance of power will benefit mostly those who empower themselves with the civic sources required to organize fellow citizens to take direct action. That’s the aim of www.civicsphere.digital.

 

Well, how about it? Are you ready for this political disruption? Do you want to have the leverage the civic sources to become politically empowered? Do you want to prosper both politically and economically?

 

Of course, you do! But how? Simple. Utilize www.civicsphere.digital to network with fellow citizens intent on taking direct action to make a difference. Most importantly, become a registered voter and make your voice and choices known throughout the year and each year on election day. That’s what it takes. Get online to disrupt politics. And get out the vote on election day.

 

Thanks for reading and visiting!