Hi larkenrose, I like this project and the intent behind it. The problem of others 'caring' is tricky. For many it seems that it is only the approach of immediate personal calamity that prompts them from their slumber and focuses attention on what matters. For some, they will simply sleepwalk into oblivion/totalitarian madness, never realising that it is happening, and more to the point, that they actually have a say in it (for example, the so-called 'progressive left' in the West right now, and everyone who unthinkingly goes along with them). I suspect that 'caring' is a maturation and hierarchical issue - rather like Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs. So when your basic needs are met, you are then free to care about others around you getting their basic needs met too, but until then, you are too busy just basically surviving. Most in the developed world have their basic needs met - but most do not have real self-esteem, and certainly very few are 'self-actualised' - something that for most is a vague, misunderstood myth of 'enlightenment'. Our very society is structured in such a way that self-esteem is constantly undermined - basically, because insecure people with low self-esteem will spend a fortune on things they don't really need, such a big government, military, and lots of material goodies, because they are trying to fill that gap without realising what they actually are doing. So a few parasitical people get very rich, most struggle, and life goes on... Until these needs start being met, giving a flying fuck about anything else just won't happen. These, I believe, are the issues that need addressing before 'caring for everyone' becomes simply an unspoken truism of society, rather than a luxury that only the sensitive edge of the 'bell curve' of personality-types will occupy themselves with. Good luck with this project, I will support you when and how I can. Db
Yeah, just helping people around us to self-actualize = revolution.
Whether it be making the creative and business sides of things connect, we have to fall back into our affinity groups and try to affect change not on a 'local' level but on an immediate level.
I can't remember who said 'Think globally, act locally' but he was on to something.
We keep our eyes on the bigger picture (thanks to the internet), but we don't get distracted by all this 'protests' and other forms dissent.
What we need is effective players, agents, actors, all in the field, interacting in a dynamic and unpredictable, creative-genius way.
That's how we will tap into organic people power
Doesn't have to be 'local' in a geographic sense. Just do for the people you care about. The people you believe in. The people you want to support.
There is no macro-solution, one-size-fits-all solution.
It's a myriad of composite semi-progressive solutions being put in place that will enable a much bigger and powerful change to take place.
We saw what trying to overhaul the system looks like in the 20th century and it wasn't pretty.
Instead of trying to change the system, we should be trying to create and sustain ALTERNATIVES
Getting off the grid and having strong support networks is the only way we will ever wage a proper revolution
My 2 cents