As has been the case for the past few decades, the vast majority of professional politicians believe that the citizens of America do not deserve a chance at self-government. It is suggested that we genuinely do. What we experience and participate in today is no longer reflective of a fully self-governing society.

With small to medium sized protests occurring across America and in Europe, where some violence has taken place, it is obviously the right time to recognize that our governmental branches need to evolve to a level in which the government supports the direction that our particular society (and along with a few others around the globe as well) wants to go, versus tolerating an overreaching national government that insists on being in control of the general populace 100 percent of the time.

Another great challenge for us today is not what we can do for our country, but rather what we can do for ourselves and our communities that will lessen or eliminate the societal damage that is presently being caused by high-level politicians and mid-level bureaucrats that are largely unseen.

We need to consider a new method of thinking and comprehension, which will in turn increase our awareness of wisdom and how it can provide inspiration for ourselves, our great country and, last but not least, all of humanity.

Ray Gattavara

Auburn