It has been really difficult for so many of us to see how blind and apathetic many of the "good" people in our lives really are. I've been able to make sense of it by realizing that throughout history, including now, there seem to be 5 archetypes:
1) Sociopathic/narcissistic/exploiting king and his circle
2) Aiding and abetting lords and …
It has been really difficult for so many of us to see how blind and apathetic many of the "good" people in our lives really are. I've been able to make sense of it by realizing that throughout history, including now, there seem to be 5 archetypes:
1) Sociopathic/narcissistic/exploiting king and his circle
2) Aiding and abetting lords and ladies, who are handsomely paid for their participation in ruthlessly exploiting others.
3) Cheering/jeering countryman: See themselves on the side of the king / mainstream / convention and are blind to the people’s oppression, but are motivated more by social benefits / accolades for their support, since they don't receive much for financial benefit.
4) Self-absorbed/ignorant countryman - don't really know what's happening unless it impacts their day-to-day lives and their inner circle (friends/family), and don't really care.
5) Heroes: Motivated by commitment to altruism / principles
For our best chance at red-pilling those around us, our biggest bang for the buck would be to focus on harnessing the resources of those in category #5, who already want to help but don’t know how. It’s like starting a fire: the greatest chance for success would start with the most flammable straw first, then as the flame takes hold, add sticks, then logs.
1) First, solicit time/financial donations to create a unified national website that would be a go-to resource for those who want to pool their money/time for maximum impact. The website would make it easy to crowdsource projects. It would 1) Have a pre-selected list of possible projects, such as a) Local billboard campaign b) Local postcard campaign c) Local t-shirt campaign. 2) It would list options for all resources needed to completely carry out the project, except for time and money: a vetted project coordinator, a pre-selected list of project options (such as billboard/t-shirt/postcard designs, with the ability to upload your own, and a vetted list of venders. 3. It would essentially be a crowdsource “kit in a box” – just choose your options and invite others to crowdsource time and money.
2) Have existing crowdsourcing proposals searchable based on 1) Location 2) Category 3) Funds/time still needed to reach threshold. That way visitors could browse projects proposed in their own community, or proposals that resonate with them in other communities, such as specific billboard messages.
3) Registered website users can propose or pledge time/money to a project. Registered users could have a profile identifying their past contributions in the red-pill movement so project managers can vet their pledges prior to setting things into motion. Each project would have a threshold needed to reach for the project manager to start executing the project. For example, a postcard campaign may just need $500 and no volunteer hours to put a campaign in motion. The project coordinators could specify if their assistance would be free, or what the fee would be, and the fee would be included in the project’s donation threshold. The project coordinators would have public reviews of their past projects to make it easier to assess their reliability.
4) The specific vetted project manager and venders would be pre-identified as part of the proposal. The project manager would start action for a hosted project once it hit a specified volunteer hour / donation pledge, after assessing reliability of pledges received. They would then set up a site, maybe GiveSendGo, to collect the pledge donations. Once the pledged level of funds was received on that platform, they could execute the project, coordinating with and paying venders.
5) Donors would be advised that they donate at their own risk, so smaller donations, say $5 range would be appropriate for project managers with fewer reviews. Once a project was complete, donors could post pictures of the completed project and reviews of the project manager, to help give confidence to future donors.
The website could also have an infrastructure to browse other ways for how to get involved in our community, such as possible public venues to speak at, and links to where others are speaking out and what they are saying.
There are thousands of us who want to help but may just have $20 or 1 hour to spare, and this website could harness all these resources.
It has been really difficult for so many of us to see how blind and apathetic many of the "good" people in our lives really are. I've been able to make sense of it by realizing that throughout history, including now, there seem to be 5 archetypes:
1) Sociopathic/narcissistic/exploiting king and his circle
2) Aiding and abetting lords and ladies, who are handsomely paid for their participation in ruthlessly exploiting others.
3) Cheering/jeering countryman: See themselves on the side of the king / mainstream / convention and are blind to the people’s oppression, but are motivated more by social benefits / accolades for their support, since they don't receive much for financial benefit.
4) Self-absorbed/ignorant countryman - don't really know what's happening unless it impacts their day-to-day lives and their inner circle (friends/family), and don't really care.
5) Heroes: Motivated by commitment to altruism / principles
For our best chance at red-pilling those around us, our biggest bang for the buck would be to focus on harnessing the resources of those in category #5, who already want to help but don’t know how. It’s like starting a fire: the greatest chance for success would start with the most flammable straw first, then as the flame takes hold, add sticks, then logs.
1) First, solicit time/financial donations to create a unified national website that would be a go-to resource for those who want to pool their money/time for maximum impact. The website would make it easy to crowdsource projects. It would 1) Have a pre-selected list of possible projects, such as a) Local billboard campaign b) Local postcard campaign c) Local t-shirt campaign. 2) It would list options for all resources needed to completely carry out the project, except for time and money: a vetted project coordinator, a pre-selected list of project options (such as billboard/t-shirt/postcard designs, with the ability to upload your own, and a vetted list of venders. 3. It would essentially be a crowdsource “kit in a box” – just choose your options and invite others to crowdsource time and money.
2) Have existing crowdsourcing proposals searchable based on 1) Location 2) Category 3) Funds/time still needed to reach threshold. That way visitors could browse projects proposed in their own community, or proposals that resonate with them in other communities, such as specific billboard messages.
3) Registered website users can propose or pledge time/money to a project. Registered users could have a profile identifying their past contributions in the red-pill movement so project managers can vet their pledges prior to setting things into motion. Each project would have a threshold needed to reach for the project manager to start executing the project. For example, a postcard campaign may just need $500 and no volunteer hours to put a campaign in motion. The project coordinators could specify if their assistance would be free, or what the fee would be, and the fee would be included in the project’s donation threshold. The project coordinators would have public reviews of their past projects to make it easier to assess their reliability.
4) The specific vetted project manager and venders would be pre-identified as part of the proposal. The project manager would start action for a hosted project once it hit a specified volunteer hour / donation pledge, after assessing reliability of pledges received. They would then set up a site, maybe GiveSendGo, to collect the pledge donations. Once the pledged level of funds was received on that platform, they could execute the project, coordinating with and paying venders.
5) Donors would be advised that they donate at their own risk, so smaller donations, say $5 range would be appropriate for project managers with fewer reviews. Once a project was complete, donors could post pictures of the completed project and reviews of the project manager, to help give confidence to future donors.
The website could also have an infrastructure to browse other ways for how to get involved in our community, such as possible public venues to speak at, and links to where others are speaking out and what they are saying.
There are thousands of us who want to help but may just have $20 or 1 hour to spare, and this website could harness all these resources.