Thinking Progressive with Ron Rivers

Political moderates, or centrists, are one of the biggest threats to American democracy in 2020 and beyond. In this episode we'll explore why that is and more importantly, why centrism is a false ideal.

Conservative politics are going extinct.  The central philosophies behind the practice are incompatible with our way of life today for two reasons - technology and the crisis. We'll discuss why these beliefs are doomed from the perspective of our present place in time.  

This week we're taking a slightly different direction to share an easy and effective method I created to manage tasks. By maximizing our time we give ourselves more opportunity to do good for the world and the movement.

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Apolitical eras have occurred in our past and will occur in our future. The question is when and how? In this essay/episode we'll explore two potential scenarios that will trigger apolitical action in the United States.

Utopia comes in many forms, but the one we are closest to achieving could be described as a rudimentary utopia.  In this episode we'll explore some of the features and systems that would exist in this initial stage of transformation. 

The word utopia conjures up visions of the ideal but carries with it the stigma of impossibility. This is simply false. In this episode we explore what Utopia is and is not, focusing on why it's important that we reimagine the word to meet the needs of the present.

In this episode we’re going to be talking about affordable housing and generational ideals. Affordable housing is a problem that many areas in the United States are struggling with today.

Today our struggle with housing is less about economics and resources, and more about the beliefs of an aging generation. We'll discuss why these ideals are creating unnecessary challenges and how we can overcome them.

The struggle for transformation can mean many things to many people.  So much of our present reality, our belief in what is, and is not, possible is defined by the institutions that we were born into.   Before we can be better we must first let go of the concepts that are holding us back.  In this episode we'll explore why our generations should be rejecting the ideals and beliefs of the past in order to realize a future that will redefine the human experience.

In era of global crisis the very idea of war probably seems insane to you. That’s because it is. So how do we begin to free ourselves from the war machine? In this episode we’ll explore one potential economic and legislative solution to cripple the profit seeking war machine in the United States. Socializing the weapons manufacturers.

Welcome back to the 2020 season of the Thinking Progressive podcast. This episode is a brief primer on the direction and focus of our efforts in 2020.

We'll be removing our weekly progress report (current events) and focusing more on creating better content under the larger theme of progressive transformation of ourselves and our institutions.