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Mary Poindexter McLaughlin's avatar

Having just written my own assessment of ChatGPT and its creative abilities (https://marypoindextermclaughlin.substack.com/p/art-vs-ai), I'm not surprised that what it came up with echoed much of your previous writings; it is, after all, designed to mirror what already exists in the data world.

It did lay it all out nicely. It's good at that. As far as naming the movement, something about turning that over to a machine makes me sad. I'm not moved by any of ChatGPT's suggestions, and really, don't we want something that grabs not only our attention but our hearts, as well?

Finally, whatever you/we choose should evoke what we want, not what we don't want. That's a simple Neurolinguistic Programming principle, and it works. So "Kill Corruption" is out; something along the lines of "Integrity First," while not super-catchy, at least includes a word that defines the quality you/we desire.

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I wish to offer a way to go beyond wishful thinking with some concrete strategies, I hope you consider these ideas: In Ecuador we are suggesting to both the indigenous and the campesinos to unite in one single demand: restructure the government of Ecuador from top-down, vertical to bottom-up, horizontal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wywMhg604W8). We hope to educate the general public once these groups unify behind this single demand.

It will end politicians and entrances for intimidating, blackmailing, bribing, or murdering the top officials, because there will be no one to intimidate. Extreme transparency is necessary along with a clear social contract that must be adhered to.

It puts the power back into the hands of the people and is a huge step in ending government corruption. It must happen in as many countries as possible. First, we hope is Ecuador.

The question is how do we unite? There are encrypted apps like Briar as a starter, which can be by invitation only for activists around the world, to coordinate making this demand.

This, I believe is the core issue that is not being addressed and must be addressed. Also, leaving all blackbox corporate digital platforms one step at a time.

These are real strategies that could be implemented right now by serious activists. Hopefully, others have feasible, out of the box, game-changing strategies to add. Let's discuss this.

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