Abbe Boulah’s Weblog

WHAT AM I MISSING?

What I see and perceive:

So many voices decrying the current state of the country and the world. To the point of using powerful and sometimes questionable means to achieve change. So many voices questioning and deploring proposed changes — but not offering better answers. And so many voices — on all sides — denouncing the proponents of the ‘other’ side as morally, legally and judgmentally deficient, using questionable characterization, using derogatory words with which to describe those proponents and blame them for the problems.

What I think or suspect I understand:

All sides seem to agree that the current state of affairs is in need of change. I find some of the complaints justifiable — things are not as they ought to be

What I find curious and difficult to understand 

The suggested or implied remedies — if any are even suggested among the compaints — seem to amount to two basic attitudes:

One:   to insist that the principles and rules governing the current state just should be applied and properly adhered to; (‘Constitution’, ‘tradition’).

The Other:  to return to models, principles and rules (regime designs) that go back in history before the ‘current’ system was fougth for and introduced. As if they did not include the problem features the current system tried to corrrect. But didn’t they actually lead to the current problems?

What I am curious and puzzled about: the missing

Viable but detailed suggestions from the many parties deploring flaws as to ‘what else’ could and  should be thought out, developed, discussed, and even tried out ‘instead’: — even from groups who claim to be ‘humanity’s best means’ for survival or redemption — some of which have been around for ages, and some who claim to have and know how to use the marvelous ‘new tools’ we now have…

What I know:

Not only are there many knowledgeable, well-intentioned, intelligent, creative people in this country but all over the world, who could get together for this task —but also that new and better answers are possible: I know because even I have worked out some tentative answers I’d like to discuss.

But where are they, what am I missing?

Where are the ideas and solutions we could bring together not just to better discuss but also bring to implementation for a better future?

---