There seems to have been an upsurge in activism since Donald Trump’s presidency, and that is a good thing all in all;  activism against injustice is a necessary and missing component in the USA today.  In fact, I would argue that there needs to be more activism.  Power never travels from the top down, this and the more and more apparent power grab by corporations and the uber-rich make activism necessary.

But there are two aspects of activism that seem to be missing; aspects that works in favor of those that would have most of us bow down to their ‘expertise’, and their authority:

1) this activism is not for the good of the community as a whole.  We all have our viewpoints and opinions concerning those situations, laws and beliefs that concern us, but in order to have a well functioning community there needs to be a concern for the community as a whole and not just groups of individuals; activism needs to be aimed at the community as a whole.

2) Activism needs to be prolonged and active; action is necessary.  Beliefs without action based upon those beliefs are not much more than ideas.  There are good ideas but they do no good without action.

If we as a nation are to survive as a free, civil and progressive nation then we as a nation need to act with those ideas in mind.