How to Begin to Share the “Red Pill” with Others

Demian

Demian currently lives in Denver, Colorado.  He has been a software engineer in the telecommunications industry for almost 10 years.  Before getting a degree in computer science he served as an infantry rifleman in the US Marines.  He is a political independent but went to the Colorado Republican convention to support Ron Paul for president.  He is an atheist but would gladly and literally fight for the right of anyone to practice their religion. His political principals center around personal liberty, sound money, a return to the Constitution, the right of consenting adults to do absolutely anything that doesn’t harm others, economic freedom and making America a republic once again.

Do you have relatives that think they understand the political landscape in America?  Maybe they consider themselves conservative, but do not understand why George Bush does not care about securing our border.  They could be a liberal that does not understand why Barack Obama voted for FISA.  Perhaps they saw the debates and did not see it as the theater that it is; with President-Elect Obama¹, Senator John McCain², and Tom Brokaw³ all sharing the stage; each one either closely tied via their advisers or actual board members on the Council on Foreign Relations.

How do you go about sharing what you know and prepare the people whom matter most in your life?  I have concluded that the information we know cannot simply be communicated and absorbed outright.  It has to be a gradual path of discovery.

We have to come up with a curriculum or an approach, an optimal way so to speak, in order to share what we know with others.  This may sound as appealing as an Amway pitch, but the stakes are high and change is happening now.

I do not know exactly how this needs to happen but initially we need to encourage people to become their own editor, consuming news and information on their own terms.  If getting information is a passive activity for the people you know then they do not know what is happening in the world around them.

Nevertheless, enough with the high-minded platitudes, a good potential first step is to introduce family and friends to RSS feeds.  Sure, it sounds pedestrian but I think it is a critical tool in getting a variety of news sources.  If we could convince people to use an RSS reader as their home page instead of CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC, I think we have a chance for getting them interested in alternative news.

RSS lends itself to getting multiple feeds.  So once they understand the mechanics of RSS, show them how they can get alternate opinions.  You do not have to agree with Al Jazeera, but it is interesting to see their take on the Israeli ground invasion.  It is interesting to see what the St. Petersburg Times has to say about our ever-worsening financial crisis.  You can get feeds like this while still getting the remainder of your news from the mainstream media outlets.

Source(s): ¹ Chicago Council on Foreign Relations n.k.a Chicago Council on Global Affairs FAQ #7 /Michelle Obama – Board of Directors – CCGA / President-Elect Obama’s appointment for Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner • ² Washington Post “Senator John McCain” (1997 – Current) member of CFR • ³ Council on Foreign relations-Leadership and Staff-Board of Directors-Tom Brokaw