- 19 Aug 2016 23:30
#14711581
A fundamental change of system. Not reform. Not another patch to buy more time.
There is a new organization forming to discuss and address and organize on this subject. I'm posting this because I think it could be a good source of well-thought-out ideas to discuss. It strikes me as valuable because it is not just another opinion piece but a needed organization that is working on something very important and inviting us all to participate and share our inputs.
Let me quote a few lines from their intro:
"TIME TO FACE THE DEPTH OF THE SYSTEMIC CRISIS
"There are political-economic system models that deliver superior social, economic and ecological outcomes
"What's at stake:
* We are at or near the bottom among advanced democracies across a score of key indicators of national well-being—including relative poverty, inequality, education, social mobility, health, environment, militarization, democracy, and more.
* We have fundamental problems because of fundamental flaws in our economic and political system. The crisis now unfolding in so many ways across our country amounts to a systemic crisis.
* Today’s political economic system is not programmed to secure the wellbeing of people, place and planet. Instead, its priorities are corporate profits, the growth of GDP, and the projection of national power.
* Large-scale system change is needed but has until recently been constrained by a continuing lack of imagination concerning social, economic and political alternatives. There are alternatives that can lead to the systemic change we need.
"What's next?"
“It is time to explore genuine alternatives and new models—“the next system.” It is time to debate what it will take to move our country to a very different place, one where outcomes that are truly sustainable, equitable, and democratic are commonplace.
* Let’s begin a real conversation—locally, nationally, and at all levels in between—on how to respond to the profound challenge of our time in history.
* We need to think through and then build a new political economy that takes us beyond the current system that is failing all around us. Systemic problems require systemic solutions.
* We must think boldly about what is required to deal with the systemic difficulties facing the United States
* An extraordinary amount of experimentation is taking place in communities across the United States—and around the world. These sophisticated and thoughtful proposals for transformative change suggest that it is possible to build a new and better America
* Those of us signing this statement are committed to working towards these ends.
http://thenextsystem.org/
And their intro video is:
There is a new organization forming to discuss and address and organize on this subject. I'm posting this because I think it could be a good source of well-thought-out ideas to discuss. It strikes me as valuable because it is not just another opinion piece but a needed organization that is working on something very important and inviting us all to participate and share our inputs.
Let me quote a few lines from their intro:
"TIME TO FACE THE DEPTH OF THE SYSTEMIC CRISIS
"There are political-economic system models that deliver superior social, economic and ecological outcomes
"What's at stake:
* We are at or near the bottom among advanced democracies across a score of key indicators of national well-being—including relative poverty, inequality, education, social mobility, health, environment, militarization, democracy, and more.
* We have fundamental problems because of fundamental flaws in our economic and political system. The crisis now unfolding in so many ways across our country amounts to a systemic crisis.
* Today’s political economic system is not programmed to secure the wellbeing of people, place and planet. Instead, its priorities are corporate profits, the growth of GDP, and the projection of national power.
* Large-scale system change is needed but has until recently been constrained by a continuing lack of imagination concerning social, economic and political alternatives. There are alternatives that can lead to the systemic change we need.
"What's next?"
“It is time to explore genuine alternatives and new models—“the next system.” It is time to debate what it will take to move our country to a very different place, one where outcomes that are truly sustainable, equitable, and democratic are commonplace.
* Let’s begin a real conversation—locally, nationally, and at all levels in between—on how to respond to the profound challenge of our time in history.
* We need to think through and then build a new political economy that takes us beyond the current system that is failing all around us. Systemic problems require systemic solutions.
* We must think boldly about what is required to deal with the systemic difficulties facing the United States
* An extraordinary amount of experimentation is taking place in communities across the United States—and around the world. These sophisticated and thoughtful proposals for transformative change suggest that it is possible to build a new and better America
* Those of us signing this statement are committed to working towards these ends.
http://thenextsystem.org/
And their intro video is:
Government is properly for people, and money is not a form of speech.