[GJM] Creating Social Transformation

[mary rose]

Hi Everyone, 

Several years ago, when I first began contemplating social transformation, I began to think about how our systems must change in order for us to become a peaceful and sustainable society.  The first thing that came to mind was that in order to be peaceful we must first be self-reliant so that all of our basic needs are met.  And, from there I drew up a list of the inter-related parts that make up our social system and how they look today, and then made another list of how they could best be reconfigured in order to meet the needs of today, using just one word.  

What I intended to do was to then write a paragraph describing what each system would look like, and how it would interact with the other system components so that the whole big picture began to emerge of what needs to change in order for us to get along together as a sustainable society.   

I thought it might be useful to post this to the Co-learner's List so that all of us could contemplate it and perhaps some would be interested in taking a system and writing up a paragraph about it, and then we could put it all together and see what it looks like.  As many of you know, some of the members of the FixGov list wrote a book together.  So, perhaps some of us could do a systemic redesign together.  I really do believe that if we want a system that works, we first need to design the social system that we want, and then design a monetary system that will act to drive us in that direction. 

Below, for your consideration is a draft from which we might begin.  

Evolving Systems In Our Changing World 

Facilitating social transformation requires that we evolve, or morph our present structural systems into new forms that are more appropriate to meet the needs of today's world which is also the future.  Below is a chart describing in brief terms how our present systems are currently structured and suggesting how they might be more effectively structured in order to meet the complexities with which we are faced today. 

 

I.                   Changing Worldview  

In our efforts to create a transformational change in worldview, we must first look at the root cause and systemic nature of our present social problems. Below, I have outlined the systems which make up our social order and then in columns two and three, I label them with a word that defines their present view

and then extrapolate that into a New View in the third column. 

 

 

SYSTEM                                          OLD VIEW                               NEW VIEW                           

 

1.      Government                            Hierarchical                                  Organic/Holarchy

2.      Monetary                                 Usurious - debt based                 Medium for Exchange 

3.      Economic/Financial                 Capital controlled                         Community controlled

4.      Technological                          Anything goes                               Appropriate

5.      Education                                Teacher directed                           Self-learning 

6.      Production                               Everything for sale                        For self & community

7.      Labor                                       Capital owned                               Entrepreneurial 

8.      Consumption                           Excessive/Addictive                      Emphasis on need

9.      Waste                                      Massive - Open                            Closed - Recycle & Reuse

10.  Trade                                        International                                  Local 

11.  Boundaries                               Artificial Nation-State                    Natural & Bio-regional 

12.  Legal                                        Exploitive                                        Justice based

13.  Political                                   Pseudo-democratic                         Autonomous/Participative

14.  Spiritual                                  Religious & dogmatic                      Intuitive or Inner awareness 

15.  Information/Media                 Propaganda/ Mfg consent               Valid info dissemination

16.  Transportation                        Individual                                         Mass

17.  Energy                                     Non - renewable                             Renewable multiplesource 

18.  Business                                 Capital intensive                              Community owned

19.  Enterprise                               Commercial                                      Community-based 

20.  Prison                                      Punishment                                      Rehabilitation

21.  Agriculture                              Corporatized                                     Locally owned & operated 

22.  Nutrition                                  High on food chain                           Low on food chain 

23.  Entertainment                          Passive/artificial                             Active/participative

24.  Military                                    War-oriented                                    Peace-oriented

25.  Architecture                             Engineered                                       Natural 

26.  Success                                    Ego-oriented                                     Authentic

27.  Medical                                    Symptomatic                                     Holistic 
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