Re: SUSTAINABLE PEACE - a bio-economic way of unleashing human joy


Aug Toul wrote:
> http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/09/13/a_bioeconomic_way_of_unleashing_human_joy.htm
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I agree with some of this, but you are asking for mass cooperation
which I don't believe is possible in this day and age. Your ideas are
based on centralized management which is symtomatic of the current
establishment, and inevitably a global heirarchy. Industrialism is to
blame for all of this- i.e. control of limited fuel sources.
Industrialism created the current regimes, political ideals, education,
religion, economics, etc- virtually all of today's consciousness and
IMHO is what is killing us all. Look to break away from industrialism
and orientate around renewable energy. This would allow for smaller,
self autonomous communities. Get involved in setting one up and present
it as an example so that others may learn and adapt. Information is
currency, and like your idea of giving currency away, information is
the key to autonomy. Different regions produce different kinds of
renewable energy for example. Land, Economic, and Energy Reform will
not come from the government, but from the people out of necessity. If
industrialism doesn't kill us all, and these reforms are realized, then
we will have peace. -woodstock-


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> a bio-economic way of unleashing human joy
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> Human Potential
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> Paul Le Baron has recently shared with some friends his vision for a
> different economy. This would take the daily fight for just bare survival
> out of our lives and free people to pursue their creative aspirations, as
> well as maybe pay more attention to what their leaders are up to.
> There are some economic changes that will be needed and I frankly do not see
> (yet) how exactly to achieve that vision, but I thought it worthwhile and
> important enough to share with you. Any comments you might have are of
> course welcome.
> Paul Le Baron wrote:
> Friends,
> Jason is the only one of you who I have met personally, but from reading the
> material he has forwarded, we obviously are connected by a burning passion
> to see the human race begin to realize its potential for joyous creativity
> and contentment. The dawning awareness that we are a worldwide
> interdependent family is a heartening first step toward loving our neighbor
> as ourselves.
> The gross imbalances inherent in all of the societal systems that have
> brought mankind to its present state will dissolve only as better systems
> are embraced. If we attempt to defeat them by fighting we only weaken and
> exhaust ourselves. Since we all desire to be members of a worldwide
> community at peace with itself, does it not make sense for us to turn our
> combined attention to creating ideas that will fuel the imagination of
> enough people to bring them into being? My purpose here is to invite you
> collectively or individually to collaborate with me in conceiving and giving
> birth to such thought forms.
> For the last fifty years this has been uppermost in my meditations, with my
> vision of a happy world being gradually refined to the form expressed below.
> It is a pattern that when implemented could eliminate all of the ills of
> present day society. During the past year I have sent it to seventy-eight
> members of parliament, including the prime minister, to several sections of
> CBC radio, and as letters to the editors of one handed
> and forty Canadian newspapers, with no meaningful response. Now I offer it
> to you!
>
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> SUSTAINABLE PEACE - a bio-economic way of unleashing human joy
> It only takes a modicum of vision to see that the present system of
> economics, based as it is on competition, fear and oppression, will never
> allow a state of peace to prevail.The best that can be realized is for
> temporary periods of uneasy waiting for the next aggressive flare-up.
> The solution of the age-old problems inherent with this system is beyond the
> ability of politics, organized religion, or intellect to remedy, because
> they are all symptoms of a malady of spirit, brought on by the conditioned
> imagination that we are each a separate identity, that supply is limited,
> and we must compete to get our share or more, of what is available.
> Restoration to wholeness will begin when we accept the fact that we are each
> an interdependent member of the one body of humanity, and that supply is
> unlimited in the context of sustainable wholeness. Recognition of this for
> ourselves allows us to honor and respect all others, and demonstrates our
> willingness to let spirit take control, relegating our minds to their
> rightful function as tools for the intellect, and opening the way for peace
> and freedom to emerge in ways not yet imagined. Here is one possible
> alternative to what holds humanity in thrall today.
> By means of a simple shift in the mass consciousness from thinking of money
> as the measure of a person's worth, to recognition that real value lies in
> simply being a member of the human family, the door to peace and freedom
> will begin to open. From that vantage point various methods for meeting the
> day-by-day needs of all people will emerge, but I offer here the one that I
> see to be most workable. It is based on the assumption that as a member of
> the human family every person has a right to adequate food, water, shelter,
> education and health needs from birth until death. Computer analysis shows
> this to be feasible at far less cost than the present expenditure on
> military adventures alone.
> Accepting that all people are equally valuable is a first step toward
> empowerment of the human spirit, away from the prevalent notion that money
> and possessions are the primary measures of a person's worth.
> In this system, which for now I will call "Sustainable Peace Economics",
> each person would be issued an electronically sensitive card at birth that
> would ensure entitlement to the basics mentioned above. Purchasing power for
> a higher living standard could be readily earned by providing agreed upon
> goods or
> services for others. Parenting, child-care, and other forms of public
> service would be prime ways of earning more. An electronically adjusted
> number on the card would show total purchasing power for life. It would not
> be diminished by use, could not be lost or stolen, but would increase
> commensurate with what that person had given to others.
> Present electronic banking networks could readily be adapted to handle all
> record keeping and adjustment of purchasing power for each individual.
> Legal implementation can be accomplished by agreement of those who are
> managing the present systems, when there is sufficient demand from people
> who catch the vision of how a consciousness of giving points the way to
> peace and freedom, supplanting the ages-old struggle to get. A revised
> United Nations could serve as administrative center for worldwide commerce,
> health, education, and other matters relevant to the whole, while most
> governance could be handled on a regional basis. The benefits would be as
> numerous as the inadequacies of the present system that weighs so heavily on
> the human
> family.
> The above is merely a skeleton idea, which can be fleshed out in suitable
> form to meet the needs of those in varied locations.It is infinitely
> adaptable, and here is how it could be applied.
> The first step after establishing an agreed upon control center, would be a
> declaration that money would be valueless after a certain date, allowing
> ample time for it to be converted into purchasing power points. No matter
> how little money a person had, each one would be issued an identity card
> showing entitlement to basic necessities, and whatever money they turned in
> would be converted into additional points according to a sliding scale. This
> could be handled worldwide with little disruption of commerce, as it now
> exists..
> With some kind of agreed upon service to others being the only way of
> earning more points, the individual focus will change from a feeling of
> compulsion to work for a living, to one of creative freedom. Some people
> might choose to do nothing but enjoy life, and still be assured of a
> subsistence living, while for those who yearned for more the opportunities
> would be endless. The points allotted to each kind of giving would
> beaccording to supply and demand. Incentive for doing unpleasant types of
> work would be a high enough
> number of points per hour to entice participation. Thus a miner or janitor
> could be earning more points for time spent than an entertainer or a plant
> manager. Child-care and emergency services would be adequately rewarded, and
> in the field of education, the earnings of teachers could be based on the
> number of pupils they attracted.
> This system would encourage all kind of wholesome creativity, while
> eliminating poverty, incentive toward violence, drug abuse, prostitution,
> gambling, aggressive behavior, and other forms of criminal behavior
> including war. Taxation would have no place to hide.
> I see this or something similar as being the framework of a social structure
> that can ensure an environment of creative freedom for all people, and I
> welcome whatever input any of you care to offer as assistance in further
> development. Discussing it with others, and sending it out by any means, is
> a way of preparing the ground for it or something better to emerge. A
> thought to remember is:
> We are all one family, in the same boat together
> Paul Le Baron

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