Thanks for your comments, Jane.
I took a marketing course from Heriot-Watt University about 30 years ago. The best business course I have ever taken--and I'm still applying its principles today. One axiom was that if the early adopters really want a new innovative product/service, they will overlook the less-than-stellar packaging to get it. In my 32 months on Medium, I've probably interacted with 2500 people. If there were early adopters for building a new democracy, they would overlook whatever flaws are in my presentation. I think people who hang around political forums on the internet are not interested in building a new democracy.
I should reach other demographics, but unfortunately my resources are limited.
Most of my 49 articles in this campaign are less than a five-minute read. Most of my 49 articles got less than 15 views. Brevity is not winning much approval.
I agree that my articles could use an editor. A second set of eyes always helps. My current editor charges $30 an hour. She and I have worked well together since 2008. She would make the articles noticeably better. But improved packaging will not bring the extra exposure on Medium. There's not much sense paying my editor for 15 views.
When I reduced my 55,000-word book into a 4,500-word essay, so much detail was lost that it was rather easy for detractors to point out why the TDG could not work. Reducing 4,500 to 500 words would only make things worse. The TDG only becomes a fairy tale.
Just read " 'No top down, bossy boots leaders through the use of political parties, but leadership by the consensus of the PEOPLE.' as if you didn't write it. It sounds like an empty platitude to me.
One of my 49 articles is about different ways I have tried to market the TDG. If you click on it, you will be view #14.
https://medium.com/tiered-democratic-governance/the-tdg-comic-book-df3e734a4d5f
The 49-articles-in-54-days campaign was a worthy experiment. Not much sense in repeating it. I think I'll just put in one or two articles a month from now on. Maybe one article will get lucky and find the right person to move this concept forward.
Of the early builders, the TDG asks only for 10 hours a month and a willingness to work with neighbors. That messaging has been made many times on Medium.
I could promise that 100,000 people reading the TDG book would bring about the TDG. But that would be a lie. Effort has to be expended. If there is no effort for TDG charge, things will likely be worse than they are today.
I have about 120 TDG articles. Most are on my Medium pub called "Tiered Democratic Governance."
