07-07-2016, 07:23 PM
Socialism does not equal a totalitarian police state; that has developed under capitalism too.
Actually, libertarianism is an 18th century creed; 19th century socialism is more up to date and more progressive. We have fallen backwards these last 35 years. We need to reclaim the best of all 3 revolutions: democracy, socialism, and late-20th century greenpeace, and move forward on all three revolutions, not retreat backwards.
No capitalist enterprise ever succeeded without collective sources of wealth, because mere profit motives do not make for investment in the long term. Human nature does need individual incentives, but it is not selfish, and not focused only on defending property. Human nature also has a compassionate side, and we are all in this life together. We must love each other, or we must die. As the green movement continues to unfold, a workable synthesis of local, small cooperatives and enterprises with strong government where needed to provide adequate sharing of wealth and power rather than oligarchy, will be created. Free spiritual individuals are microcosms and holograms of the whole, not separate and merely competitive. Local and global power in the right balance is the way; thinking globally and acting locally.
Outdated ideologies such as trickle-down free-market libertarianism, xenophobic or militaristic/imperialist nationalism, religious fundamentalism, and totalitarian or corporate socialism, need to be challenged. We can't afford to keep the baggage. Question authority, and question assumptions. Let's move onward and upward to the promised land now. It's past time.
The Green Party offers this synthesis. Can it provide the political alternative? I don't know yet. The quality of its candidates needs some work, and the political system needs big adjustments, for this to happen. But it can help bring a light for our way.
Actually, libertarianism is an 18th century creed; 19th century socialism is more up to date and more progressive. We have fallen backwards these last 35 years. We need to reclaim the best of all 3 revolutions: democracy, socialism, and late-20th century greenpeace, and move forward on all three revolutions, not retreat backwards.
No capitalist enterprise ever succeeded without collective sources of wealth, because mere profit motives do not make for investment in the long term. Human nature does need individual incentives, but it is not selfish, and not focused only on defending property. Human nature also has a compassionate side, and we are all in this life together. We must love each other, or we must die. As the green movement continues to unfold, a workable synthesis of local, small cooperatives and enterprises with strong government where needed to provide adequate sharing of wealth and power rather than oligarchy, will be created. Free spiritual individuals are microcosms and holograms of the whole, not separate and merely competitive. Local and global power in the right balance is the way; thinking globally and acting locally.
Outdated ideologies such as trickle-down free-market libertarianism, xenophobic or militaristic/imperialist nationalism, religious fundamentalism, and totalitarian or corporate socialism, need to be challenged. We can't afford to keep the baggage. Question authority, and question assumptions. Let's move onward and upward to the promised land now. It's past time.
The Green Party offers this synthesis. Can it provide the political alternative? I don't know yet. The quality of its candidates needs some work, and the political system needs big adjustments, for this to happen. But it can help bring a light for our way.