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Originally posted by mystiq
We live in a world where currently everything is owned and patented by the elite. So things would have to change in order to create a world that benefits and empowers ordinary people. You can't even set up alternative communities easily.
And we live in a world where there is an enormous amount of people born into and forced to endure unjust communities that are not aquainted with true human rights.
Simply reinstating the US constitution is not going to resolve the worlds problems. As well, there still exists a police court and a police state.
Does medical services exist for people as well and schools? Who pays for this? Taxes? Who decides what things should be paid for, a select few constituionalists, or an educated (not being done to much now, mainly misinfo) public.
I wouldn't pay for a system of prisons and authority. In the current system of money, unless I see my tax dollars boomerang back into my community in universal medicare, and superlative programs for people, they will be taking money out of my dead cold fingers. So I don't quite know what you're talking about. This world works for only a few capitalists. Most people are suffering from it enormously. This has to change! The world is
not capable of enduring any more abuse, so this has to change.
Furthermore, I am not going to give my power away to any solutions that are not grass roots win win solutions for every single man woman and child on this planet, in every country and every region. No one is an island. Everyone is born in a shared community. The doctors, hospitals, schools and even the roads you drive on are connected to a shared community.
Originally posted by gl2
badmedia, you seem to be adressing your own ideas, rather than mine. Communism? I did grad study in US history and have read quite a bit about it, but we're talking about aliens on this thread. They don't use the word. Instead, there's a more universal interpretation of commonality, shared resource in the universe. And don't mistake me: that isn't the same as the human notion of "communism."
Your name-calling (like yelling, to me) runs in circles and simply concludes that you don't want anything to do with aliens--if they're communists, as you infer.
Meanwhile, their idea of resource isn't "ecnomics" in the human sense. It's just that simple.
You can't begin with a notion of Marx or Adam Smith, Schumpeter or Friedman and adequately discuss an alien society (although a classless neo version of equalitarian society is certain in found in all inter-stellar alien societies).
I challenge you to be more open and honest about the subject. We're talking about populations that outnumber humanity by many trillion-fold, probably in the quadrillions.
THAT is the place where we live, not just this one small planet.
If we don't at least begin to discuss alien ideas of economics we wear blinders---like an ostrich with its head in the sand. Alien planets have survived but I don't see any chance for a completely free market planet to survive---it would ruin the ecology, making it an easy takeover prospect.
There is no completely free market economy on this planet. There's always state intervention and regulation. Read Naomi Klein's book Shock Doctrine for a first-rate economic analysts report on the absolute failure of Milton Friedman's notion of total free markets.
If you assume a primitive, everyone for himself, stasis here, you don't see the very real, very near human future.
The strains converge: global warming and drought, overpopulation, dead zones in all delta areas of the ocean, the potential abuse of the new technologies (directly owing to aliens, in many cases), alien intervention and a breeding program/infiltration phase, and more. Add to that the huge potential of disclosure, as strains tighten, and we see the likelihood of rapid social changes--very soon.
Governments will have more power, not less, during such times, so we need to see far ahead, even into alien social dynamics, to steer clear of the hazards that we most certainly will dunder into if we leave it all to the whims of corporations.
Originally posted by mystiq
I am a spinner and weaver, and artist. I do this no matter what things can be purchased because its my favorite past-time. Its very creative and helps me unwind. I love creating my own color combinations in yarn. Machines already do these things. Not as well as humans do however!
Originally posted by badmedia
I work in an environment(at home) where my boss pretty much lets me do whatever I want. And as a result I am able to compete with companies that employ many many more people. I can easily work 60 hours a week, because it's comfortable and enjoyable.
Originally posted by mystiq
You seem to think a society that has no responsibility to provide a civilized base level of living to all of its members, but still has the teeth needed to enforce roads and infrastructure and environmental laws is a free and the only idea. You ignore the fact that ownership of nearly every aspect of life on this planet has already been acquired by the elite and what is left over is in effect, nothing.
And that is nothing being divided by the vast majority of billions of citizens. So who runs your prisons? It wouldn't be done on my money. I'd prefer arnarchy to such a system where the only equality and sharing done would be charity, and everyone would have to become a begger instead of equalizing and creating caring, decent environmentally sustainable communities.
There is a chance that the current financial system is going to collapse.
Equalizing will be done, but in the wrong direction, with many families losing jobs, house and belongings.
Originally posted by gl2
We need an international authority, i.e. the World Court, that can simply rule against polluters, those who sell weapons into conflict areas, and those whose covert policy is to sabotage entire nations to make them easy economic prey.
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Pardon me, but this sounds all too much like NWO. You can say this sounds good, but... What happens when economic interests secretly bribe the court, or put pressure on in the form of threats. I tell you now, this would be wonderful IF we take the object (that which is loved) of the root of all evil (money) out of the equation. And the only way to accomplish this is through free energy.
Until money is out of the equation, greed and avarice will haunt us.
Originally posted by badmedia
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Pardon me, but this sounds all too much like NWO. You can say this sounds good, but... What happens when economic interests secretly bribe the court, or put pressure on in the form of threats. I tell you now, this would be wonderful IF we take the object (that which is loved) of the root of all evil (money) out of the equation. And the only way to accomplish this is through free energy.
Until money is out of the equation, greed and avarice will haunt us.
It is the NWO. What he is talking about is exactly that. He's just using aliens as a way of trying to push the agenda. Like we are supposed to assume it's all good or something. When the truth is, if they have government then they have evil. Government is an always has been a "necessary evil" on earth. Because evil exists, control and defense is needed. If evil is not present, then control is not needed.
It's the same ole song and dance, which is why I doubt he even has contact with aliens from another place. If he does, he's being mislead. It's nothing more than god cop/bad cop to try and make people forget - it's still a cop(not a complaint against cops, just an example).
He is completely confined to his own perspective. Trade out aliens with a normal person and you can easily see this is nothing new. He won't even actually address any of the issues being brought up. Just goes to the "alien" cop out.
I do disagree that money is the evil that is the problem. It's not exactly money that is the problem.
It's the unhonest monetary system we have today that is bad.
If it was just done to ease trade between people, then it would be great.
You can't really get rid of things having different values, which is money in another form.
But we shouldn't have people who can create money as much as they want to give to the people who will push their agendas.
Originally posted by gl2
Either of you ever travel to any of those NWO-victim countries? I've been in Russia and China when both were under their pre-Glasnost regimes. I went to Guatemala to write about and publicize the massacres caused by CIA death squads. I covered the 1992-3 elections in Indonesia for Pacifica radio network, again as part of a writing project to bring attention to another CIA genocide victim country.
All government is evil? I know a number of astute anarchists but they don't try to fob that off. Government can be abused, but it isn't all evil. More to the point, this entire planet is but one tiny, tiny part of a very large universe. That's the discussion in my posts. *Also, read my book for trenchant, in depth criticism of aliens.
Ever notice how the best people on this site don't try to demean or crap on other peoples' opinions? Try doing that in any public forum. They'll toss you out in a flash because they have to at least listen, usually respectfully. So, b.m. when you go on a tear intended to elevate yourself above those who express different opinions, you won't dissuade them of their opinions. Please, folks, don't be intimidated by anyone's bluster or name-calling.
This discussion is best staged essentially off of the old planar surface, the 2-3 dimensional limitations of old concept. To adequately discuss an alien resource strategey, that's probably necessary. It's good to see on a larger scale. There are many good ideas out there.
So, it's all up in the air--for anyone, however, sweet or idealistic or optimistic, or doubtful to sift and weigh.
**I've been on N. American media discussing aliens and never once, to date, has anyone even talked disrespectfully. That's the basic public attitude about such subjects---mostly intense curiousity.