Stopping Gridlock in Washington
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
- Max Planck
It would seem that the above observation by Planck might apply to the DNC/GOP stalemate in Washington and that we are destined to endure the current gridlock until the older guard dies off and a younger generation of leaders and elected officials rise up and declare in unity and in no uncertain terms, “Enough already!”
However, given how long that will take — especially without term limits legislation — and countered by the collective impatience of all generations, might there be an alternative approach to stopping gridlock?
Wayne Dyer famously said, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
What if we were to look at “resistance to change” by both Democrats and Republicans that appears to underly gridlock in a different way?
What if resistance to change doesn’t actually exist?
“What?” you might respond, immediately showing your resistance to what I just said.
What if what we call resistance to change is actually, non-rational, non-functional, self-preservation?
