The writing of Circles of a Future Politician happened as American history was passing through the Trump presidency folding into the Biden presidency. These are difficult times for the USA.
I was spending a lot of time on an internet forum called Medium, trying to promote my Tiered Democratic Governance idea. There were a lot of anti-Trump voices on this forum, and they continued in that vein after the election in November 2020. But, not to my surprise, some of these voices were starting to turn on Mr. Biden. He just wasn't doing the right things to get the USA straightened out. They knew more than he did about what he should be doing. While happily churning out more articles giving the Biden presidency their advice, what are these amateur writers really accomplishing? It is very doubtful the Biden presidency is reading Medium, looking for advice to develop its direction and policies.
Let's face it. These writers have ZERO influence in the short-term future of their country. I liken this situation to the loudest fans at a football game: the final score will be determined by the players, coaches, and referees. The fans and armchair quarterbacks really have little say in the outcome.
Let's bring back Eli Weasel and his friends. My first novel, Diary of a Future Politician, introduced these characters to us. In this book, they recognized that American democracy was not serving the Tankosin people very well. And their local government had its own shortcomings. Rather than yell from the stands, they started building a new kind of democracy.That was six years ago. They are now starting to see some positive signs of their early work.
If we leave democracy to the political writers on Medium—or any social media platform, the best we can hope for is that their grandchildren will be writing similar articles two decades from now. I see no effective change with this kind of political participation.
Yet the amateur political writers on the internet are many. And the early TDG builders are few.
What about you? Where should you put your spare time and political energy?
The purpose of my three TDG novels is to motivate average people to effect the change they are so looking for. Have I accomplished my purpose?
