Stand Up And Lead

What’s going on in the world? What comes next?

This channel was launched on July 4, 2020, in response to requests for commentary on the year’s massive cultural changes and likely consequences. 

In any historic reset of culture, the foundations tend to be rebuilt at local levels, beginning with families and neighborhoods. This is one of many reasons I am optimistic about the future. In 2019, world culture was overshadowed by domineering executive power, bureaucratic enforcement mechanisms, anti-business government regulations, and the long-standing anti-academic trends of government education. In 2020, that dominance began to fragment and then weaken. If families and neighborhoods can assert local freedom, they hold a key to a bright future. Strong families and strong communities can gradually rebuild weak nations. 

This channel will attempt to explore strategies that can restore and strengthen personal liberty and localized, decentralized governance. 

Geoffrey Botkin