[GJM] Fw: Four Old Friends on the "How" and the "What" of Social Transformation

[wesburt at juno.com]

Good day friends,

Sabzali Khan and Garry Davis, World Citizen, are discussing [FixGov] Re:
WHAT AND HOW ?  Here is a six months old discussion of the same vital
subject on list Worldcit.  The US is long over due for a public review of
the What and the Noosphere, as illustrated on file Fig17d.  The How is by
democracy, public education, and Simultaneous Policy.
----- Forwarded a six month Message -----
From: wesburt at juno.com
To: Nine mail lists.
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 
Subject: Four Old Friends on the "How" and 
the "What" of Social Transformation

Dear Friends, Old and New,

Please forgive me if my messages sound impatient.
I'll pass my 82nd birthday before I complete my 
second week on list <worldcit at googlegroups.com>,
so I am in a hurry.

This surge of enthusiastic support for adding World 
Unity Day to World Citizen Day on March 21st has 
opened my eyes to "What" can be accomplished 
when several serious people put their heads 
together and speak with one voice on "How" to do it.

Like so many on this list who have expressed their 
concerns about World Government, I have long been 
a student of government.  But, too slow-witted and 
inarticulate to get elected and become a successful 
practitioner.  I could never raise $1,000,000/year 
to get reelected every few years, as our Congress 
does, even with a steady salary of $200,000/year 
plus a secure pension.  

The history of programs to reform US National and 
State governments has been so dismal that I 
cannot conceive of getting "Liberty and Justice 
For All" from a World Government unless we first 
perfect Local Government, and use that local 
"empowerment of the people" (John Watkins' 
term) to reform and transform the higher levels 
of Government.  An informed public is our only 
defense against those who want World War III.

Let me add an idea, that no one has mentioned yet, 
to the concept of World Unity.  Since Adam Smith 
gave us his "First Maxim of Taxation" in 1776, and 
Thomas Paine gave us the critical use of debt-free 
interest-free tax revenue in 1792, the US private 
sector has perfected a decentralized Global system 
of production and distribution which has become 
the standard for private sectors everywhere, and 
since 1946 for many public sectors, in what author 
D. A. Rustow called our "World Of Nations" it in his 
1967 book of that title.  

As was said recently on the list: "There is no need 
to reinvent the wheel."  Some industries (electric 
power) have been automated to negotiate a boom 
to bust business cycle during each 24 hour period 
without any significant disturbance of their operating 
parameters (60 cps and 120Volts).  

On January 18, 2003 I had the good fortune to 
explore the "How" and the "What" of Social 
Transformation with Stephen Zarlenga; again 
on January 22, 2003 with John Bunzl; and again 
about a year ago with Doug Everingham.  We all 
agreed to encourage all efforts toward our 
common goal, and not add "What" to "How" until 
the end was within sight.  As John Bunzl said in 
his March 08 note below: "In the end of course, 
HOW and WHAT come back together on equal 
terms at the point of implementation.

Please read Doug's forwarded message with 
an eye to answering the question: In the light 
of World Unity Day, are we at the point of 
implementation?  I'll add a brief comment 
below Doug's note.

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Doug Everingham  <dnevrghm at powerup.com.au>
To: worldcit at googlegroups.com
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 17:34:28 +1000
Subject: Re: Pressure/Yet another aspect of the 
issue of transformation.

 
 Wolfgang Fischer wrote on March 07, 2006
...
SIMPOL provides apparently a great tool for HOW 
to do it. We will make use of this advantage as 
soon as we are able to decide on WHAT to do. 
My favourite WHAT would be to abolish compound 
interests simultaneously and to implement a 
completely new money system. ...
 =================================
Doug Everingham continues:

John Bunzl's March 08, 2006 reply included:

...         HOW seems, to me at least, to be the 
priority at this point in time.
 
However, if we got to a stage where the HOW 
was more commonly recognised and agreed 
upon, the WHAT would start to take over as 
the leader ...
=================================
Doug Everingham continues: 

Here is my doggerel based on a SimPol publication 
(James Robertson & John Bunzl's 'Monetary Reform: 
Making it Happen!') versified interpretation by 
Doug Everingham:

Sure, no-one wants to pay more tax,
        but all want public spending.
We just would like to know the facts
        about who does the lending.

Prudential laws were once less lax,
        imprudent credit ending.
Now greedy  banks are earning stacks
        and world depression's pending.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Big Snip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"But public taking over banks
        has never ever worked.
"You amateur reformer cranks
        should see that's why we're irked!".

This last red herring's much like Pete
        who passed a banknote by --
he said "It must be counterfeit.
        for folk have left it lie."

~~~~~~~~~ End Four Friends ~~~~~~~~~~
Doug Everingham  
Wolfgang Fischer 
John Bunzl 
James Robertson 

For a while longer, the US of A will be the world's 
only superpower.  If the US public wanted to use 
this window of opportunity to restore the equal 
sign on Figure 12 between US public and private 
policy, who could or would tell them, NO?

Keep in mind that there are two kinds of people 
in every nation: the MANY who would be content 
with "Liberty and Justice For All," and, the FEW 
who deviously defend the status quo.  

Watch what they do, not what they say!

Kind regards,

Wes Burt

                 TOP and TWP are cognoscible on
                Dr. W. Curtiss Priest's web site at:
       <http://www.epie.org/cyber-soc/default.htm>
             Where do you stand on the continuum 
              between TOP and The Wrong Policy?


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