Not Classified

— A —

• Accident Something that happens by chance — until we bring up cause and blame.
• Agenda A list of things we want done. The priorities we share and the ones we hide.

— C —

• Change Hope or threat depending on what you have to lose.
• Common Sense Accumulated knowledge deemed applicable by the person or group who raises it.
• Consent Agreement or permission — whether informed, induced, coerced, or manufactured. Notice only one of these is real.
• Corruption The natural result of unaccountable power — personal gain at another's expense. Can be private, public, or institutional.
• Crisis An emergency requiring action, or an excuse for overreach — often both.

— F —

• Future What we plan for, what's actually coming, or abstraction to defer action.

— H —

• History What happened in the past, less what we recorded, less what gets lost or erased.

— I —

• Independence Self-determination. For nations, individuals, and anyone who can sustain it.

— L —

• Legacy What we leave behind and what we're blamed for.

— M —

• Memory Individual, collective, and media-managed — simultaneously.
• Modern Current, superior, or Western — often the latter.

— P —

• Private What belongs to you and what's hidden from view. Also, what's no longer public. I.e. utilities, prisons, and schools… and land and water… (compare with Public)
• Progress Moving forward, or just moving on. Usually at great cost and loss.
• Public The people. The spaces and resources that belong to everyone. Funded by all, maintained by few, but controlled by who? (compare with Private)

— R —

• Radical Fundamental change at the root level. And the word used to discredit it.
• Reasonable The standard for acceptable behavior in certain circumstances. Based on probability and norms, which change.

— S —

• Spin The deliberate reframing of facts to serve someone's position. Narrative with an agenda. (see also Narrative)

— T —

• Tradition The stories and rituals we tell ourselves and pass down, regardless of origin. Also, the reason not to change.