Thor Duffin's Blog
September 15, 2010
Bloody Revolution or Bloodless Evolution?
It is an easy time to sit around and be frustrated with our system. Everyone talks about it. Conversations revolve around statements like, "They've totally corrupted the government" or "We have to get our system back on track."
But what would you do about it? More interestingly, if you were cast into the role of one of the authors of the Constitution, what would you do differently to ensure a government truly focused on the needs of the people and the country?
I have posed these questions to myself, as well as the natural followup questions: OK, if you have a better idea, how could it be brought about? Who would fight it? What other forces might be out there attempting to do something similar? And, left unchecked, where does the current system end up?
The result of years of such musings is The Jefferson Project, a novel depicting a fictionalized America in which all this comes about. To quote one of the characters in my book:
"The founders of this nation brought forth our country through bloody revolution, but passed to us the means to bring about change through bloodless evolution."
What if we could? What would you do?
But what would you do about it? More interestingly, if you were cast into the role of one of the authors of the Constitution, what would you do differently to ensure a government truly focused on the needs of the people and the country?
I have posed these questions to myself, as well as the natural followup questions: OK, if you have a better idea, how could it be brought about? Who would fight it? What other forces might be out there attempting to do something similar? And, left unchecked, where does the current system end up?
The result of years of such musings is The Jefferson Project, a novel depicting a fictionalized America in which all this comes about. To quote one of the characters in my book:
"The founders of this nation brought forth our country through bloody revolution, but passed to us the means to bring about change through bloodless evolution."
What if we could? What would you do?
