If you follow my work, you’ve certainly heard me roll out the term “Electile Dysfuction” in recent months. I’ve some clutch pearls over the term, forgetting once again that the greatest president in modern history mastered Alinsky’s fifth rule, which is “ridicule.” By using such a brash term, it gathers attention from the people whose minds we need to change, rather than merely speaking to the choir. Seeing that phrase emblazoned on a t-shirt may bring wrath from haters, but curiosity out of those who are beginning smell the coffee and don’t like the blend in the pot.
Donald Trump knew good and well that by blurting out cringeworthy phrases, he would risk alienating some who still believe decorum will win the day, while ringing a bell in the minds of people who are simply looking for solutions. Listen, I fully understand all the complaining. Things are going to hell in a handbasket, and ahead of anyone’s anticipated timelines. Nevertheless, it takes zero skill to complain. Anyone can do it. It takes precision accuracy and vision to forward complaints with actionable solutions.
“Actionable” refers to solutions that can be implemented. Banning alcohol distribution during the Prohibition Era didn’t work because the demand for booze couldn’t be stopped. Since no solutions have ever existed for that quandary, and never will, the attempt at Prohibition was eventually ended. So it will also be for the age of masks, since man has always longed to be free and breath fresh air.
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