This beautiful panel began with pianist Martin Kaptein artfully playing Schubert’s tender piece, Impromptu in G flat. With Daniel Burke moderating, Megan Dobrodt, as the first speaker, set the tone by laying out that LaRouche’s intervention has always been spearheaded by a youth movement, with the idea that, in order to reverse course, we need to develop a new generation of leadership. Furthermore, in order for that generation to qualify itself to lead, they need to know how to know something is true, which is the standard for leadership. This panel featured the third-generation youth movement. Megan’s presentation was followed by a clip from Lyndon LaRouche on man’s capability to understand lawful ordering of the universe. This was a very challenging panel to summarize, as each section was profound and in-depth.
Mike Campbell delivered a short survey of the idea of what it means to “Leave Plato’s Cave.” Using a quote from LaRouche’s “Politics as Art” (2000), he put forth the question: Can you prove what you think you know, well enough to teach someone? The state of discovery during Kepler’s time was just like the cave and instead of just adjusting their thinking, the models by Brahe, Ptolemy, and others of that time became more complex; whereas Kepler broke the cultural axiom, looked for a cause in the motions, physical cause. The shift in perspective from Cusa, and the Renaissance, represented cultural optimism, which led to the American revolution. Following Mike Campbell, Adrian Pearl, citing Kepler’s New Astronomy and various models, skillfully demonstrated the difference between a physical hypothesis and mere observation. After a great discussion demonstrating the fallacy in the Ptolemaic and Brahean models, he reiterated that this is why Lyn had Kepler on “the narrow path.” The fact that this universe has these principles is truth that the universe has some kind of intelligent design.
Next, Mexican leader Carolina Dominguez presented “Why We Aren’t Beasts—What Nobody Told You.” She discussed Vernadsky and LaRouche as two pillars of the education they are bringing to the campuses in Mexico. The importance of the idea that man transforms his relationship with the Earth, and may create new biogeochemical processes which never existed before. The goal is to bring these ideas to bear and develop them into policies and ideas to make an impact. LaRouche applies Vernadsky principles to a modern economy. This idea of movement from one level to the other is exactly the same process of organizing.
Next, Kynan Thistlethwaite discussed tragedy versus the sublime focusing, on the issue of leadership, through Shakespeare and Schiller. He said Shakespearean tragedies teach profound lessons in political leadership. He played an audio clip of LaRouche reciting the monologue, “To be or not to be.” Hamlet can either hold on to a macho world outlook or transform to a new world outlook. Then Anastasia Battle beautifully, using quotes from Schiller’s The Maid of Orleans about Joan of Arc, demonstrated that tragedy can be averted because leaders act on the level of the Sublime. Despite her loss of confidence and being accused of being a witch, Joan rushes into the battlefield to save her king, and was able to act in the Sublime. Anastasia Battle challenged everyone to train themselves to respond in a moral way and act in a creative, beautiful manner.
