Is revolution the only way we can elicit change?

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160. Yes, but not a political or economic revolution. Although those things, along with others

would obviously need to be incorporated into this revolution. Most people think far too narrowly to solve long term problems.

There is a great need to solve short term problems like inequality (racial, gender, economic), wars for profit, evaporation of privacy, lack of health care, environmental degradation, money in politics, an embarrassing news media and the militarization of the police, etc. But those are symptoms of the disease and we should concentrate on a real cure.

A second Enlightenment is required. A revolution in the way we think. That of course would take a deep cultural shift; where knowledge and the ability to face reality without the blinders of ideology is praised, and where apathy is scorned.

Science and reality would have to have to take center stage in this shift. Partisan politics, fanatical religions, ideologies that ignore reality would be marginalized. Facing truths head on such as overpopulation and global warming; building an economic and political system that both respects and balances the individual's rights, and brings us together as a society caring for all is the only way to build a world that will be better in a hundred years, than it is today.