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Introduction This is the central theme of partisan politics. And it’s getting worse. But there is an effective and powerful fix. I promise. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing We have quickly devolved from conservatives thinking that liberals are stupid to specific insults like “libtard” and derogatory general beliefs, e.g., liberals are nice–naive, but nice–and are willing to give away the farm–yours, preferably–in the vain attempt to right wrongs, and correct loosely d...

Introduction “Dress however you please,” Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling posted on Twitter, Thursday, 19 December 19. “Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real? #IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill.” In response, Vanity Fair reports: “ JK Rowling is a TERF” (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) was trending within hours, and the conversation continued t...

Introduction Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. But then again, so is much of our government. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing When I was a Freshman in college, a Sophomore came to me asking me to sign a chain letter. My first thought was, “Wow. A Sophomore is talking to me.” My second was, “What’s a chain letter?” I asked the question out loud, and his response was that it was a quick way for me to make $5. I was to give him $5, then get two others to give me $5 each...

Introduction We have had multiple “existential threats” over the centuries, yet here we still are, alive and well, and listening to the dire warnings about yet another end-of-the-world threat. Are we listening to a resurrected Chicken Little screeching about how The Sky is Falling, or is the threat for real this time? That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing To the best of everyone’s knowledge, only one existential threat has ever visited our planet, and that was when the din...

Introduction From the Spanish Inquisition, and before, to today, True Believers have been attacking people, cancelling people is the new term. Cancelled physically by killing, or psychologically and financially by insults, false accusations and specious accusations of, well, simply not being pure enough, of not having always shown 100% consistency with current hard and fast true beliefs. No matter how often current orthodoxy may change, those who are True Believers in the orthodoxy preached by t...

Introduction Welcome to the second Revolution 2.0™ interview; part of a continuing series. The first interview was on a giveback subject, with Mathew Passy and causepods . Today is another giveback subject, the annual 525-mile, 8-day bicycle ride raising money for the Arthritis Foundation: Riding for a cure. Sit back as Shannon Marang Cox, the Development Director for the ride, and “Champion of Yes” tells us why this is so needed, why it is such a deep commitment, and so much fun for the 250 rid...

Introduction “How do you feel when you wake up in the morning and you look outside the window and it’s raining again? How do you feel?” That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Okay, Will, is this a change of pace? Or what is this topic about? No, joy is part of what makes life worthwhile, part of what makes good times more fun. It makes the bad times far more tolerable, and prompts the type of clear thinking needed to get past the hard times. Joy is far more than merely, wel...

Introduction In 1841, Britain, by then a constitutional monarchy with democratic voting, seized Hong Hong from China’s Quing dynasty as part of Britain’s colonial expansion. In 1997, Britain returned Hong Kong to one-party rule China, as part of China’s expansion. China, quite predictably, is working hard to break its 1997 promises of non-interference with freedom-loving, capitalist Hong Kong. Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters, the real Antifa, are struggling to resist absorption by Comm...

Introduction Bloated bureaucracies are growing in size and impact, and vitally important to all of us. But as important as this subject is, it is never called out by name. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing So, Will, how do bloated bureaucracies affect me? Why should I care? First, they are obviously expensive. If you are paying more people than necessary to create a desired result, that’s waste, that’s bloat, and that’s expensive. Let’s say that we, you and I, owned, s...

Introduction Welcome to the first Revolution 2.0™ interview; the first of many. Today we are interviewing Mathew Passy in his serving others role with Causepods.org . The two driving principles at Revolution 2.0™ are 1. Being Personally Responsible and 2. Being Your Brother’s Keeper. Mathew Passy, husband and father of young twins, meets part of his personal responsibilities as a top tier podcaster and a successful professional resource for other podcasters. When you listen to Revolution2.0 epis...

Introduction First, stop the bleeding, then get the patient back to living on their own. This advice applies equally in medical and financial situations. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing When someone has experienced a medical emergency and is taken to a hospital, the first thing medical professionals do is assess and stabilize–halt the damage. The next steps include determining the need for any long-term treatments needed to get that person back on track for an indepe...

Introduction We should be allowing our principles to determine our agendas. All too often, in today’s backward way of thinking, we allow our agendas to determine our principles. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Principles can appropriately be described as core, fundamental beliefs. Google helps us with the following definition of a principle, “ A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoni...

Introduction It all starts with gratitude. Gratitude is the bedrock, the touchstone–cornerstone–for any effective philosophy, religious dogma, or simply a way to get through life or the day successfully. Ingratitude makes for a grim and unproductive outlook on life, love and politics. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Without gratitude, there is an inescapable emptiness; not a yearning, but a feeling of being ungrounded. This makes for a fertile ground for resentful th...

Introduction Is it an accident that states like California and New York are predominantly progressive, and states like Texas and Oklahoma are not? That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Take a look at this electoral map; with four exceptions, all of the states in the contiguous 48 that voted in 2016 for either Clinton or Trump are in connected blocks. Of those four, Colorado and New Mexico share a border, and the other two, Minnesota and Illinois, are very nearly connected....

Introduction The raging fires and continuing power blackouts in California, the richest state in the world’s richest nation, are clearly tragic. Are they largely avoidable? That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing California’s continuing wildfires and power blackouts have caught national and international attention. In just one example, more than 2 million Californians were recently left without power after the state’s largest utility, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)–which fi...

Introductio All too frequently, there seems to be an inverse relationship between how strident a person is in expressing their opinions, and how much they know. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing I became a Broncos fan by an accident of history. My step-father, Charles (Chuck) Warner, bought season tickets in 1960; I have been in those seats on and off since then. I have added to that accidental affiliation by listening to the homeboy analysts and announcers, seeking ou...

Introduction “When you hear the truth, listen.” -Will Luden That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing For example, some yogurt containers have “Fruit at bottom.” printed on the outside. Isn’t that true for all of life? Isn’t the fruit that we want always at the bottom, where we have to work to get at it and enjoy it? Scott Peck, writing in The Road Less Travelled , said essentially the same thing when he observed that life is hard. Life is hard, as it should be. That’s how we ...

Hello again, this is your host Will Luden with Revolution 2.0™, the proud inheritors of the breakthrough thinking and dedication of Revolution 1.0 in 1776. Welcome. Marx Had it Almost Right: Warren and Sanders Don’t (EP. 175) Introduction “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” -Karl Marx, German political philosopher and founder of communism. Oh, how attractive that quote is. For decades it bothered me that Marx’s famous communist prescription about how things ou...

Hello again, this is your host Will Luden with Revolution 2.0™, the proud inheritors of the breakthrough thinking and dedication of Revolution 1.0 in 1776. Welcome. Defocus to Gain Focus (EP. 174) Introduction “An unexamined life is not worth living.” -Plato That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Surprised by this topic? Let me share why I picked it. You have heard the saying, “You don’t get strong in the gym, you get strong when you sleep at night.” You still have to do th...

Introduction Are we reliving history? Are we recreating and reliving a part of Roman history that led to its downfall? That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Does anyone remember the above phrase, Bread and Circuses, from high school history class? Or from a movie, perhaps “Gladiator”? When people refer to this today, they are criticizing ancient Rome for the way its Emperors, in the later stages of the Empire, used both free bread (and other food) and free entertainment to...

Introduction Who really cares about the homeless? Not the government. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing The numbers of homeless are mounting, and not just in publicized magnet cities like Seattle, San Francisco and LA. I live in Colorado Springs, and it is an increasingly important topic here, and up I-25 in Denver–where it is even worse. Let’s follow the Revolution 2.0™ deliberate solution-seeking process to address this issue: What is the problem? What is the desired...

Hello again, this is your host Will Luden with Revolution 2.0™. Welcome. Please do take the opportunity to l earn more and subscribe at revolution2-0.org Everyday Wisdom: Watering Flowers and Getting Results (EP. 171) Introduction Wisdom is all around us, waiting patiently for us to see it. For example, the sign at the rental car lot reads, “Do not back up; severe tire damage.” Good life advice. I picked up the outside flower watering job from my wife this year, and I have been constantly amaze...

Introduction There is a growing push for diversity, diversity defined by characteristics such as race, gender, and sexual preferences. The belief is that this type of diversity brings benefits in and of itself, with the more diversity the greater the benefits. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing All of us want all groups and all individuals, to have reasonable access to the educational and other tools that when grasped and utilized, will lead to a successful life. By suc...

Introduction Clinton was impeached, and now the Democrats are trying hard to justify articles of impeachment against Trump. I live and vote in Colorado, Colorado Springs to be specific, and we had two recent recall attempts. Why? That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing One of my favorite saying when it comes to democracy is, “This is a democracy, and you are going to keep voting until you get it right.” I have no idea who said this, so maybe I’ll take credit for it. Impeachm...