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key insight

• Both democrats and conservatives are captured by fossil fuel lobbyist interests
• A new third political party that does not take money from special interests is required
• The nature of the polycrisis is that crisis are entangled . This is a case in point. The climate crisis cannot be solved unless the political crisis of money influencing politics is resolved
• The system needs to be rapidly reformed to kick money of special interest groups out of politics.

question

• Given the short timescale, the earliest we can achieve this is 2028 in the US Election cycle
• Meanwhile what can we do in between?
• How much impact can alternative forms of local governance like https://sonec.org/ have?
• In particular, could citizens form local alternative forms of governance and implement incentives to drive sustainable behavior?