#CalExit: The California Secession Movement is real, and could work
The emerging politics
The clearest sign of changing politics is the decay of political parties. The day when a Franklin Roosevelt can put together a string of four elections by combining a handful of voter blocs(farmers, labor, intellectuals, the rural South, and the urban North) into a single lasting coalition is gone. Election today requires stringing together hundreds of splintered grass roots groups: the nonsmokers, AIDS activists, save-the-whales people and what-have-you.
Every group is passionate, and narrow in focus. It is in every way a more daunting process, and it is conducted, as making frankfurters should not be, in full view of the public. It is no wonder that no one, in the United States, in Japan, in Italy, or anywhere, believes in parties any more. Parties were a static second-wave, homogenized, massified function that do not seem relevant in the more volatile, diversified, heterogeneous third wave.
The high price of sleeping
At a dinner party held for the Chinese ambassador in the late 1970's, Toffler found himself seated with the top executives from NBC and RCA. Since it would be unlike him not to take advantage of such access, he asked them how broadcasting would be different five years hence. Both smiled languidly and assured Toffler there would be no major changes.
They, like everyone else who would lose their jobs in the years ahead for not seeing the approaching third wave, saw a future of fine tuning and incremental adjustments. Amidst the tremendous upheaval of our times, they were asleep at the wheel and proud of it.
The power of the third wave has taken even the Tofflers by surprise. When they published Future Shock in 1971, they saw the knowledge age as an outgrowth of the industrial age that would require only a bit of fine tuning. They now see it as more revolutionary than that. The regime of the smokestacks has been toppled forever. What remains is still frothing and changing its shape. It is a whole new era, with dangers and opportunities uniquely its own.
DYI: Not surprising as California is the land of fruit and nuts. What would be of far more use is to advocate the repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment ending the direct election of Federal Senators. Replacing the direct election by the State Legislators as it was prior to 1913. These newly minted Senators know who they are working for - their respective State - NOT the Feds as it is now. This would be a new Amendment if this Senator fails to represent their State with 2/3 vote by the Legislators he or she will be removed. Also in the case the the State's legislators are unable to elect a representative - at day 91 - the Governor will appoint to fill the remaining term.
Centralization reached its zenith during WWII with mass production one size fits all economy that continued at its plateau all through the 40's - 50's - and 60's but once the personal computer revolution began in the 1970's centralization began its decline. The natural outcrop of ever increasing computer power was the decentralization of INFORMATION! No longer could government and their surrogates at Universities along with major media corporations able to to control the information flow. The year 2012 marks the information control crossing point as Government/Universities/Media declined and the internet citizens journalists/new wave media Drudge - Infowars.com - DailyCaller.com etc. - rocketed skyward crossing with both having the same amount of power. At the time only a handful of future oriented individuals were able to to see the hand writing on the wall for the old line main stream press/Universities/Government. Now the tide has turned just 4 years later citizen journalist new media ARE NOW THE MAINSTREAM. Old media is in its death throws decentralization is cutting a new road with the power resting with the individual.
Like any change it will come in fits and starts and this one will be no different - it is a wonderful time to be alive.
DYI
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