size="2">"In Avallon, people fly under their own power, cavorting
among the giant trees." "http://oceania.org/mall/millimag.html">THE MILLENNIAL
PROJECT By Marshal T. Savage. Image used by permission of
Eric Klien.

size="2">The promises of freedom and liberty can
be realized only when these are the promises of every citizen put
into effect by the exercise of political power. Wisdom expressed
by the power of all the people is a shield against tyranny.
Without political power no one can insure either their own well
being or the survival of the biosphere of Planet Earth. "http://www.cyberspacecapital.org/ECOLOGY/index.htm#TBD">The Tree
of Biospheric Destruction, demonstrates this
truth.

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size="2">Scientists believe we are in the midst
of a mass extinction faster than the crash which occurred when
dinosaurs died some 65 million years
ago.

size="2">"All power derives from the people," is
the natural law presumed under the US Constitution but Americans
have never learned how to exercise their democratic powers well.
Without disciplined engagement by the people, discovering the
larger synthesis of valued ideas, the elite always rule in a
democracy by the tyranny of the biggest fist, the loudest voice,
the largest bank account. In global dimensions conflicting
perspectives, cultures, and languages are very greatly enlarged,
overwhelming limited human capacities for processing relevant and
valid information. Globalization is a harbinger for elite rule
unless corrected by new democratic
strategies.

size="2">The appalling existing situation is the
outcome of strategic failure in the democratic process, infesting
the whole of human relations, beyond mere politics of right and
left. The key to rule by "the People," which is now illustrated in
a colorful slide show, is "http://www.cyberspacecapital.org/ACTIONS/index.htm#TOD">A
Technique of Democracy, which can facilitate meaningful
dialogue in which everyone affected by the actions of public or
private organizations, can participate to decide on their own
future. This is based on the "third phase science," in which
community groups are engaged as "expert observers" of the
situation in which they are embedded.

size="2">The technique of democracy is a
challenge to "http://sunsite.utk.edu/FINS/Mary_Parker_Follett/XVIII.txt">crowd
politics: "The successful politician is one who understands
crowds and how to dominate them. He speaks to the emotions, he
relies on repetition, he invents catch phrases. The crowd
follows." Traditional politics of the right and left rely on
crowd politics. No one plays that game better than capitalists,
however, highly skilled in the devices of managing crowds. They
also own the mass media that carries their messages. The
progressive movement cannot succeed on those terms. After years
of street protests, the progressive movement remains stalled. "To
sum things up," Susan George explains in "http://www.portoalegre2002.org/publique/cgi/public/cgilua.exe/sys/reader/htm/preindexview.htm?user=reader&editionsectionid=119">
Another world is possible, "the climate may be far better
than it was, but so far we haven’t actually won anything
from the worldwide corporate government." The technique of
democracy was especially designed by CyberspaceCapital
for emancipation of individuals at the grass roots level.
Everyone should be enabled to facilitate meaningful dialogue
via internet. This is the alternative to crowd politics.
It would strengthen mutual understanding of citizens and enlarge
their social powers to support each other. Grass roots minority
groups immediately understand and applaud this alternative, it
has been my experience, whenever I have had the opportunity to
present the case.

size="2">A "http://www.cyberspacecapital.org/DIALOGUE/011-conference.htm">Conference
on Internet Managed Dialogue, July 7-11, 2003, is now
planned, to engage "the People" in meaningful dialogue about the
digital divide. To subscribe to forthcoming information about
that Conference, Click "mailto:CC-Registrar (at) cyberspacecapital.org">CC-Registrar.
Type "subscribe conference info".