Waiting for the Spark

Click here to access article by Ralph Nader from Common Dreams.

The spark can come from a recurrent sequence of abuses that strike a special chord of deeply felt injustice. Or it could be a unique episode or bullying that tolls the feeling “enough already” throughout the land. Such sparks cannot be manufactured; the power to arouse and break people’s routines is spontaneous.

When that moment comes, millions of Americans whose self-respect and keen sense of wrong will remind them precisely why our Constitution begins with “We the People” and not “We the Corporations”. They will realize the necessity for a Jeffersonian revolution.

I like the "spark" part, but I have doubts about a "Jeffersonian revolution". No, it will require something far more up to date that can cope effectively with today's world of extremes in wealth, weather, and wars.