The trick is to live in two societies at once - societies that share the same physical location. Mostly the old one at first, moving progressively more and more of our lives to the new society, each of us at our own pace. This strategy can apply to any sort of social change. Live the dream just a tiny fraction of the time, but more and more. Live what is, all the rest of the time, but less and less.

A Society to Benefit Everyone is designed to benefit everyone, so that individuals and businesses profit by participating, and the profit motive speeds the change.

Of course, all the wonderful things in the current society are to be valued and preserved. No need to reinvent everything. The key new pieces needed are a sensible economic system and a truly democratic democracy controlling it. Both can be organized (initially) as democratic state-chartered Common Good Banks™ within the current society.

A Common Good economy rewards activities that serve the common good and charges fees for those that do not. Individuals may profit freely, but not at the expense of others. All land use, large fortunes and large-scale operations are subject to democratic oversight (as they already are, to some extent).

A Common Good democracy uses an innovative voting system in which everyone has an equal say, using revocable proxies and approval voting. If you don’t like the way your representative votes on an issue, you can take back your vote and possibly change the outcome. Decisions are based on what is acceptable to the vast majority, not on what is preferred by just over half.

Common Good Banks™ make good use of modern technology for both the economy and the democracy. Transactions are by check, credit card or internet. Voting is online, in public facilities and at home.