Reply #47: Oh yes, he knows it as do many of us [View All]

And he also knows the price one's soul can pay for becoming part of it. From where he is now he has a fresh perspective and is apart from it and to me he is OUR leader, not one of them, and I like that just fine. If you saw the Lord of the Rings trilogy, try to think of it in terms of the end of the movie Return of the King where the entire tower of Mordor fell. Only by that happening could a new era of peace and prosperity begin. It is somewhat like that now... our government is like a tower of Mordor that has been consumed by greed, war, injusice, and corporations overtaking the needs of the people which will not change unless we topple that tower. And in that story those who toppled it by joining together heart and soul for a common moral purpose were not part of that tower because they knew to even look at it would take away their souls. I think he sees much more than any of us and is exactly trying to do as you stated in that vein... inspire and empower us to see the true power we really possess in determining our own destiny (the power that government seeks to strip from us,) and begin using it again for a common moral purpose (the climate crisis) because without that happening that tower will remain and it will reign supreme over anyone who enters it. Maybe that isn't a good analogy, but I hope you get the point of it. And that surely is not a task that sees him on the sidelines in that struggle, and a part of it is breaking the chokehold oil companies and others have on our lives. Having the freedom and resources to devote the time necessary in making people aware of just how urgent the damage is to this planet that they continue to exacerbate out of greed is essential in that struggle now. They are part of that tower, and personally, I am going to work with Mr. Gore as best I can to bring it down, because if we can accomplish that, well, as he said he's only 59.;-).