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I posted this before - about "change" when we need to "slow down" etc and maintain decorum, etc.
I think Mueller is that "old guard" and they don't get that their power and ability to affect the world is diminished and the battlefield has changed.
The nature of information, perception, and "trusted institutions" have been irrevocably changed: in a blindingly fast and thorough way.
Name one "institution" that is as trusted and looked upon as stable as it was in the past. 30 years ago? 10? 5?
* Medical, pharmaceutical industry, health care crisis - what's the first thing you do after you visit the doctor (and before): google medical info.
* Education - for profit college, decline of primary education (due to funding etc), college admissions scandals, cheating, for profit college.
* Sports - Kapernick(sp), abuse, concussions, cheating, doping.
* Religion - massive fleeing of organized religion due to education, facts on line, etc. Not to mention the revelation of horrendous abuses of power.
* Politics - cheating, criminal offences, look forward not backward, war for oil, corporate lobbing, no representation.
I could go on and on... They're all been challenged (some for good reason, some for not) by the nature of new media / internet whatever you want to call it. To be sure, it started in the 70s/80s with alternative media challenging the status quo, but it took the internet, with its ability to collect information historically (infinite memory) and immediately retrieve it. Yes that means good and bad information.
The discourse is not one way anymore. The "back and forth" of social media etc is the new norm and that does not play by the same rules of control that the one way communication of old did. That gives rise to all sorts of good things (DU) as well as bad QAnon, 4CHan, Infowars, etc
My belabored point is that it's a whole new ballgame. It's historical and moving faster than any time in history. People of all walks of life *do not trust* or abide by the categories of old. We can call that a problem of not understanding the "system" but that misses the point of the "system" not being in control of what's happening anymore.
So send the letters. Do all the correct legal stuff. But understand that the battle is (as it always has been) in the public discourse and that it's a whole new way of waging war to win hearts and minds.
And *that* is where we need to learn how to win.
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