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Register to Vote: Rise Strong!

Buffalo Latino Village / March 13, 2019

Municipal elections are taking place in many cities across the nation from New York to Philadelphia! This is a call to action as citizens and members of the collective — your vote is your voice, register to vote and make civic engagement part of your daily life. What quality of life issues do you care about? How is the local funding in your school district calculated? Do you know what is the vision and mission of the Sheriff’s Office in your city? Who is running for the seat? Why is the candidate running? What about City Council? How is your district represented? What issues is your district facing? Mayor? Public Advocate? District Attorney? How does the office affect your daily life as a member of the collective? As an individual? It all starts with your registration to vote and taking the time to exercise such amazing privilege. Perhaps, you might consider running? Take a moment and sit with yourself and firmly reflect on these questions. Elaborate on your answers. Tell your story. Why are you running? What is your motivation and vision for the office you are seeking? Sit with yourself and articulate openly why are you seeking to become a public servant. Why this or that office? Are you ready to win? Do you have a clear message? Does it resonate with your district and or office you are seeking? Have you enlisted your spouse/partner/family in the decision? Have you taken the time to talk and seek the support of your loyal friends? Voters are also family members, spouses, partners and friends…your humanity comes across with voters. Do you have a support system? What support do you have? What is your platform? Are you an insurgent? Where is your base? Do you need a base? Have you emotionally, spiritually and financially done an assessment of where you are…what would it take? Public service is a noble calling. It is about building and representing communities across the board. It is about transparency and advocacy. It is for the determined and courageous. Few months ago, I ran into an amazing young man who runs a community development corporation in the city, I was so happy to see him. I told him how great he will be as an elected official! He firmly and politely said: “I am not corrupt enough to be elected.” His utterance is unfortunately a common perception among many hard working and honest citizens. Not all politicians are corrupt, and not all seek office for self-gain. There are many amazing, truly committed community minded candidates who seek office to represent with honor, integrity and for the public good. More than ever, we need to work on common ground and work together to elect public servants who are willing to work with community members and stakeholders to build and govern with integrity. Take a moment– consider the calling either as a candidate and/or a supporter. You matter, your community and city matter. Register and Vote. Read More From This Writer All Post Art Books Business Community Education Entertainment español Food & Culture Health Interviews Military & Veterans Peace People Politics EL CALOR ESTA ENCENDIDO: NUEVO LIBRO DE CUMPLIMIENTO DE LEYES CORPORATIVAS July 4, 2023/No Comments Tom Fox, es una lumina y guia para miles de abogados quienes ejercen en el area corporativa anti corrupcion y Read More A SENSIBLE HUMANE IMMIGRATION REFORM IS NEEDED NOW June 23, 2023/No Comments A SENSIBLE HUMANE IMMIGRATION REFORM IS NEEDED NOW A bipartisan sensible humane immigration reform is needed now by our nation. Read More MADRE SOLO UNA:FELICIDADES A TI MADRE! May 23, 2023/No Comments MADRE SOLO UNA:FELICIDADES A TI MADRE! A todas las madres que son nuestras lectoras especialmente a aquellas quienes con mucho Read More Load More End of Content.

PROPAGANDA

PROPAGANDA This one is, I think, would be the conclusion for now on the article on propaganda. I will, unfortunately, have to come back to it as our media keeps outdoing its shenanigans every other month but until then I think this should conclude this series. I had some thoughts that I had concluded today, so wanted to put them in writing Can Propaganda Be Good? If you have seen my previous articles, you know how much I like to reiterate that it is not the tool that is good or evil but the person or intent using it. So, let’s for this one, I would like to share a thought I have been debating for quite some time. Can a tool as maliciously use as propaganda which would argue has been more devastating than any weapon in human history, be used for good? So the first thing is, can we think of a case where propaganda is a tool for the benefit of mankind, after all, if something has had such a destructive effect as allowing the rise of the Third Reich and the razing of cartage, its constructive effects may also be great. I think I finally came up with a case where it can be. The case where the propaganda, the methods used to make a person believe or think in a way without questioning it can be a good thing would be if we had crucial information for a person to have that was simply beyond their understanding but they must perform the actions towards that belief. Which I think was exactly the idea beyond all the religious dogma, it is hard to understand the reasoning behind it and it would be too long or difficult to teach a large group of people as to why this action is good or bad. This, I think, is the only condition for propaganda to be considered good. I will have to add a caveat here. In this case, the people who created it must leave tools and explanations as to why they have thought people to do the actions they taught. This is because as time goes on, some will begin to wake up and realize this dogma has no rational basis, they will think this of course unless the originators of the dogma did not give their reasoning somewhere, in texts or in a way it can be passed on. In a way, the last paragraph also explains why there is still a sizable group of religious people among scientists and even some of the greatest minds. Were they too occupied to see the propaganda or did they see the benefit of society going along with this propaganda? I do not know but that is a topic for another day perhaps. Any other case I can think of is simply too easy to distort and thanks to human nature and group think, it is also even more dangerous. I think that is why propaganda is so dangerous in the end. Just like cancer, it spreads not because it is strong on its own, but it is strong because it uses the existing mechanisms in the body to propagate itself. Just like that not only does propaganda spread but is also reinforced thanks to the social nature of the human race. Read More From This Writer All Post Books Business Culture Education Entertainment Food Government Health Interviews Lower West Side Business & Economic Development Medical Military & Veterans Our Community Peace People Sports Who We Are PROPAGANDA September 29, 2018/No CommentsRead More