jmpeer
13th February 2011, 17:47
I think government should be a centralized, regionally managed, democratically controlled system. The overriding source of power should start from the people. There should be democratic local government. There should be representative democratic regional government, consisting of multiple levels of regions if necessary. And, there should be representative democratic central government. Representatives should be subject to immediate recall, limited in the time they can serve in office, and elected by the people in their region of representation, not representatives. There should be, of course, a constitution guarenteeing the rights of the people, rule of law, trial by jury, burden of proof, and other aspects and functions of government that make it balanced, objective, and humane.
I think the use of money and the effect of ownership should be abolished, of business, property, and everything else. Property rights should be more explicit. And, utility and strategic access of resources should be built into the enviornment, so as to facilitate this.
I think restructuring and technology should be fully pursued and employed to eliminate, automate, mechanize, or facilitate work. The remaining work, if not voluntarily met, should be mandated and organized at the democratic local level.
Then lastly, I think this is not possible through reform, revolution, or awareness, rather a collectivization of a specific skill set, engineering and experimentation of such a society, and if successful, will inevitably lead to the right conditions for a popular global revolution, though not all at once, of course.
With that being said, should I be subscribing to a specific communist's / socialist's theories? Is there a label associated with these ideas? Do I need to be more specific? I know very little about popular philosophical figures, literature, etc. And, I know a lot of you keep mentioning you think there should be no government, which I disagree with, hardly mention the role of technology, and believe in that whole intrinsic motivation thing for work, which I also don't think is enough. I'm a little lost as to whether there even is a label associated with my ideas.
I think the use of money and the effect of ownership should be abolished, of business, property, and everything else. Property rights should be more explicit. And, utility and strategic access of resources should be built into the enviornment, so as to facilitate this.
I think restructuring and technology should be fully pursued and employed to eliminate, automate, mechanize, or facilitate work. The remaining work, if not voluntarily met, should be mandated and organized at the democratic local level.
Then lastly, I think this is not possible through reform, revolution, or awareness, rather a collectivization of a specific skill set, engineering and experimentation of such a society, and if successful, will inevitably lead to the right conditions for a popular global revolution, though not all at once, of course.
With that being said, should I be subscribing to a specific communist's / socialist's theories? Is there a label associated with these ideas? Do I need to be more specific? I know very little about popular philosophical figures, literature, etc. And, I know a lot of you keep mentioning you think there should be no government, which I disagree with, hardly mention the role of technology, and believe in that whole intrinsic motivation thing for work, which I also don't think is enough. I'm a little lost as to whether there even is a label associated with my ideas.