…If you were part of a story that fixed the economy.
The Citizen Media® – the-cm.com / “CM” – uses the people’s voice to attract and direct investments into sustainable enterprise. It connects ideas, insight and support for building resilient, bottom-up economies. These economies maximize the impact of funds by paying them forward in community-based exchange. CM is a bridge between the old system and the new.
We are living in an economy that works around money where the more you have the more you can make. It’s complex, based on speculation and makes it hard to trust. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The powerful versus the powerless. Politicized control over our economy takes away our agency and prevents real needs from being met. The voice of the people is not being heard. We’re on the highway express of conflict and collapse: environmental, social and economic.
It’s time to use our knowledge and tools to build an inclusive economy where people and planet can thrive. Step on up and get involved.
“We’re independently dependent on our interdependence.” - Caroline Smalley, Cofounder
📹 Our world is at a crisis. Those that have the power are wielding that power against those who have the least. They dominate headlines in a bid to “make themselves great again”, manipulating opinion through fear and greed: me versus you; us versus them. This is how our economy works: the more you have the more you can advertise, gain political allies, and invest to get ahead. It’s a battle between nations, states and communities. It’s a game of risk and uncertainty, where the notion of free trade can become somewhat vague. Algorithms used in Social Media give the elite a direct means to play with and control the news we take in, making the situation even worse. AI has the potential to help our resolve but if we don’t tip the balance in who has control, it could be our demise.
In today's economy, national central banks control inflation by – among other things – dictating how much cash is produced. Money – be that a national fiat currency or cryptocurrencies backed by fiat – is power. Centralised politics determine how much we pay to trade our goods within and between nations. Democracy is at the mercy of how wealthy, narcissistic and charismatic its leaders are. The real story about how we got to this state is rarely considered let alone understood. People everywhere are overwhelmed and misinformed.
To turn things around calls for nothing short of a trickle-up revolution, where: every voice and every need can be heard and served, and; every cent invested in people and planet wellbeing can maximise its impact by breaking free from fiat control and negating unnecessary admin costs. We need a revolution where everyone who takes part can find ways that make each other great again. Great in who we are and what “humanity” can be.
The Citizen Media® works through a transitional business model and a platform that connects the people’s voice with “pay it forward” exchange. Its goal is to support the development of interconnected, self-sustaining economies, governed by Community Investment Cooperatives. These coops will be managed and owned by the people themselves.
Finance given to local businesses through CM is paid forward in positive feedback loops through the circulation of community-based currency that incubates development from within. Our methods enable us to measure fund impact and collect critical data as we go. This data helps to identify how we can effectively transform the way we do business and currency exchange locally and globally.
Our founding team has been working in new economics since 2006. The vision and strategy was developed by Caroline Smalley. The platform has been developed and maintained by software engineer, Eric Howe. Our work has included online and offline collaboration with leaders in new economics, an Impact Economy Summit in the resort town of Whistler, BC, as well as connection with Indigenous communities and travel to Global South communities including Nicaragua and South Africa.
Why give attention – so power – to the elite that’s sinking the ship when we can use it to create something new?
CM invites you to make humanity great again by joining a revolution that uses YOUR voice and generosity to fund and support a global network of trickle-up economies, owned and developed by the people they serve.
We are the 99% – the ones NOT served by today’s economy. Imagine what would happen if we built one that does.
📹 So let’s do it! Let’s make it happen through a new kind of social media: one where what we say expresses who we really are, what we need and what we can do.
The Citizens Media® is your media. The Citizens Media® brings connection, finance and transparent value to community based businesses and the people who live there. The Citizens Media® liberates opportunity peer to peer. It rewards you and your community for turning talk into action that will shape our world for generations yet to come.
Together we’ll bridge from a place of fear to one of trust, building understanding and interconnections around our needs, challenges, opportunities and solutions – locally and globally. To learn more, check out the links below.
Make it happen: Join The Revolution Today.
