What will be described in the following paragraphs and Posts will require you to “think outside the box” of your usual self-disempowered thinking.  The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence did it, we can too.  Think of how these men had to gather together, discuss their disgruntlement with the conduct of the English crown toward the colonies, their new homeland.  Let us pour ourselves into their lives, where they lived and how they lived. 
 
We of today almost always forget the incredible “out of the box” thinking these men used to create (not fix!) a new form of government that erased many of the problems of monarchial government at the time.  They created a democratic government of elected officials, not governed by the right of a sovereign monarchy, who proposed legislation and the formation of laws.  Remember?

In the rush of our contemporary culture, (emphasis on “rush”), our mindset is to “fix” what exists trying to improve what is already flawed or dysfunctional.  When we compare this cultural commonality, we also occasionally see incredibly creative and innovative solutions, but usually of a technological nature.  Rarely if ever do we see the creation of truly innovative social processes.  (Try to think of one!)  Yet, I know for certain that doing so is not impossible, but will simply take time to invent.  

In the process of creating innovative democratic processes, we want to do as Kurt Wright suggested:  keep what works then isolate and create a solution to what does not work.  Because democracy operates best when the right of self-determination is able to be freely exercised, without jeopardizing the right of others, the values and principles of social sustainability have the best working environment to produce the best outcomes for everyone.  Yet, as we see in our contemporary United States form of democracy, the authority of the People has been so vastly diluted over time as to become neutralized, and even isolated from the democratic process.  What to do?!

Let us go back to the same drawing board as the signers of the Declaration and Constitution did:  Take a long, slow and careful look at the resources that are available, (Post #101, Wright’s suggestion #5), and create innovative processes of democracy that re-instates the People to their rightful position in the democratic process.  This will of course require citizens to become far more personally responsible for their own actions.