GOVERNMENT
As a novice student of government, changing a country’s form of government is “long-term process” and demands strategic planning, leadership, and management; tactical planning, leadership, and management; gap closing planning, leadership, and management; and transition planning, leadership, and management. And this planning, leadership, and management is essential at all levels and types of government in the country; and must include all folks in the country. There are four steps: 1) create a VISION for the country; 2) complete a CURRENT REALITY ASSESSMENT of the country; 3) establish “GAP CLOSERS” that will begin to move the country from the current reality assessment to the vision; and 4) create a TRANSITION plan to facilitate the psychological adjustment of all people to the necessary changes at every level in the country…from the President down to folks who are working in the fields and in the local shops. This is difficult, hard work, and process for everyone!
Whether you are Republican, Democrat, Independent, autocrat, or no party affiliation, changing a country’s form of government is a long-term process and requires attention to detail and concern for all people. Interesting questions… Who should decide what form of government a country should have? Who should be in-charge of the country? A person who has earned power? … or a person with position power?
Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly’s wife, offers, “Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow Americans to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence.” (USA Today, 9-12-25, page 2A, “Kirk,” column 3)
Violence begets violence! One gets back what one puts out! Personally, I like helping others, caring about others, serving others, loving others, and showing up authentically. And as Drew Barrymore offers, one needs to love the self before loving others is feasible. Terrence Real contends that in decent partnerships, each partner needs to commit to evolve personal relationship skills (self-esteem, self-awareness, boundaries, independence, and moderation) and, replace “you” with “I” in spats. Children, grandparents, great grandparents, parents, teachers, spiritual and religious leaders, small-town communities, small-town communities’ media, city and small-town groups and media, and committed, non-violent government entities, like college campuses, can make NON-VIOLENCE happen for future generations. Let’s get aboard and make it happen! As Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox noted during a press conference on 9-13-25, following the arrest of Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin, “We can return violence with violence. We can return hate with hate…At some point, we must find an off ramp, or it’s going to get much, much worse.” (USA Today, Rick Jervis and Chris Kenning, 9-13-2-25)
