[ExI] Monetary Evolution Now! was REVOLUTION NOW!

[Amon Zero]

p.s. When I started writing this I thought it was going to the Doctrine
Zero list. Once I saw the post was on ExI I paused, shrugged, and thought
"what the hell". I hope that explains the first-party wording when
referring to a ZS point of view.


On 10 November 2011 11:37, Amon Zero <amon at doctrinezero.com> wrote:

> On 10 November 2011 10:44, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> re "let's try to go for a modest common point, at least to begin with,
>> and see where that gets us..."
>>
>> Nowhere. The range of political positions here is too wide to find
>> concrete common points. I suggest that we focus on a subset of
>> participants instead.
>>
>
> Yes, I agree that we'd never get more than a certain % agreeing, and nor
> should we try (not least because being right is more important than being
> popular, in almost all regards), however...
>
> Imagine we are casting a net. Where should we aim to put the *centre* of
> that net?
>
> It seems that we can agree that something is wrong in our society, and
> that as citizens we have not only a right but a duty to attempt correcting
> that wrong. My own view is that the current wrong is associated with
> Capitalism, but as I've said I think trade and innovation are important as
> a mettr of principle.
>
> Couple of other constraints off the top of my head:
>
> A number of proposed solutions strike me as problematic, and it would take
> a small essay to even sketch the likely problems with Socialism, Communism,
> Libertarianism, Fascism, & Technocracy. Some of these systems have some
> merit, but the moment you adopt any one as gospel then you'll eventually
> come back to having a major problem of one sort or another, mark my words.
>
> As mentioned in the original blog post, I think the answer lies in a kind
> of radical democracy. The idea - no matter how "crazy" from a modern
> perspective - that whenever some doctrinaire system is causing problems,
> people should be able to tweak the system on the fly, in a purely pragmatic
> way.
>
> An image occurs...
>
> Imagine two mechanics looking under the bonnet (US: hood) of a car. One
> says "there it is - the fan belt has snapped". The other mechanic says "I
> cannot acknowledge the existence of fan belts as a matter of Hegelian
> Dialectic".
>



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