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\nMilitants keep making the same mistake:
\nThinking change can come from the top.
\nOust the Tyrant. Tear down the Statues.
\nWait for peace and progress to blossom!<\/p>\n
\nMilitants keep making the same mistake:
\nThinking change can come from the top.
\nOust the Tyrant. Tear down the Statues.
\nWait for peace and progress to blossom!<\/p>\n
But when you parade the Tyrants head on a pike
\nthe great Body of society lurches headless
\nlashing its still lethal limbs
\non any and all! –
\nuntil comes a Savior:
\nA Tyrant worse than the last!<\/p>\n
Cautious trustees make a similar mistake
\nwhen they throw millions at execs
\nand keep power away
\nfrom the hands on the ground.<\/p>\n
Assign another manager!
\nChange the Law!
\nTweak the Algorithm!
\nTopdown! topdown! topdown!<\/p>\n
The problem is thinking you can change the bottom
\nby changing the top.
\nMoving the tip top of a mountain
\nbarely changes the mountain at all!
\nThe top of a pyramid
\nis simply the peak of how the base is stacked.<\/p>\n
No politician, no business leader, no celebrity
\ncan change the system that gives them their power.
\nOnly we powerless can do it,
\nstarting on the ground.<\/p>\n
The root of the word Radical is Radix, meaning Root.<\/em> Militants keep making the same mistake: Thinking change can come from the top. Oust the Tyrant. Tear down the Statues. Wait for peace and progress to blossom! But when you parade the Tyrants head on a pike the great Body of society lurches headless lashing its still lethal limbs on any and all! – until… <\/p>\n
\nWork at the root of things.<\/em>
\nOur work will grow<\/em>
\nto fill every level,<\/em>
\nsharp as a radish,<\/em>
\nsweet as a beet.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"