grassroots

I never did like that word. To me, it implies "lower" (i.e. down in the dirt), ordinary, non-special people are initiating a change. This is in contrast to our "leaders" swooping in, from on high, and saving us all with their "strong", "courageous" decisions. Here's what really happens: We work, and give a large portion of our hard-earned money to the government. The government sends some of that money back to some citizens, to pay them for doing the actual work. -local road workers, construction workers, military workers, healthcare workers. The people who truly serve our country are not the politicians. They are our neighbors. It is, and has always been "grassroots". Grassroots is not a special case. This is how things always got done. We need to realize that those who claim power are largely irrelevant. They only have power because we look to them. We don't need anything more than a system or a few people to help organize efforts. Collect votes on what people want to happen, then pay some people who are willing to do that. Most of this can be done by simple computer algorithms. We don't need to protest against, or be outraged about, leaders with this or that opinion or questionable behavior. They have never been the ones who have helped us. We have.