Participation – broadly – is key
How do you Civic?
That’s not proper English. How is it that you choose to participate in Civics? Most people would say, “Well, I vote.” Or maybe they’d say, “I vote for the least dangerous selfish, conniving jerk.” Or something, uh, colorful like that.
If you’re British, Canadian, Aussie, Kiwi – just if you’re not an American and you’ve got a good (!!Derogatory!!) name, like say, “Tallywhacker”. I mean…lets have fun with this. And why not! Civics isn’t by nature a very “sexy” topic, is it?
But it is important. Anyway, Tallywhackers and whatsuch in the comments, please.
Now what is Civics? What does the word “civics” even mean?
I’ll bet many of you were of the mind, “Yeah, I vote!” and kind of wanted a big bright yellow star and a “Good Job!” My Ex-Wife used to teach little kids in China how to speak English over the internet, and she would chant, “Good Job! High Five!” – you know, like she was talking to someone in Kindergarten. Because that’s how old the kids were.
You Get a gold star! And you get a gold star! And…
I mean, if you want a High Five and a Good Job because “at least I vote”, well, that’s fine. See the gold star?
Look somewhere for the story of when I told Father Don Bramble how I had learned to love unselfishly.
Now, if this pisses you off, good. What are you going to do about it? Want to come on here and give your opinion about what it means to for a society to have an erosion of civics? C’mon over.
In fact, if no one else ever posts at this website, the long-term effort is a colossal failure. This website, or the ideas encouraging civic virtue, civic education and most of all civic engagement doesn’t outlive all of us, then maybe no one outlives people alive today.
Today, society holds the power to destroy itself. 100%. Like a million times over. What stops us?
CIVICS. Civic virtue. Hopefully rational self-interest. (hint: they all overlap!!!)
Send us an email if you’re interested. Or call me. Yeah, it helps to be connected.
But know this: You have to be dedicated to civics for all of humanity. **ALL OF IT**. At least while I’m the unquestioned top voice, or I become convinced I have to lower the standard.
I got the gold star from Zazzle. Not an endorsement. But maybe buy one if you’re looking for a gold star.