Hi from Serbia

[fabian]

Just to say hi to everybody, and to introduce myself as an utopian socialist (animal rights, deep ecology, conservative, democratic cooperative socialist) :D

[Anderson]

Hi, good list of issues you have...

Really the planet is being plundered rapidly... What to do?

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Dobrodosao druze.

[OHumanista]

Welcome to the forum.
Nice views, except for the conservative part :tt2:

[fabian]

Thanks for the welcome.


Really the planet is being plundered rapidly... What to do?
First thing, we need to agitate for a mental revolution among people, and lead a more a sustainable life to lead by example.

After that- abolish the use of fosil fuels and all technology that damages the ecosystem, abolish most of the industries, and green up the rest, rationalize use of water and energy, and abandon the use of everything that isn't recyclable. :rolleyes:


Nice views, except for the conservative part
Although not fundamental, I consider conservatism an important part of my ideas.

I have to say that my conservatism is different in theory than the conservatism of the right, because is based on rationalist (/intellectualist) asceticism in the tradition of both stoics and epicureans. On the practical side, it differs by being deeper and wider, being closer to the idea of the "political soldier" than to the conservative political ideas, and it also differs from it's both right-wing counterparts- traditionalist conservatism and the nationalist third-positionism in that it is libertarian, ie- non-aggressive, and ment to be propagated by debate, discourse, argument, or simply said, by rational communication.

Such conservatism (/ascetism) is practical on many grounds.

Firstly- as Epicurus explained, it is the road to happiness.

Secondly- as Blossius the Stoic showed, changing yourself, you mind and your body, to better (as oppossed to leting things "go according to it's own flow"), can give inspiration to change the world around you to better.

Thirdly, it strengthens the willpower, giving people the mental strength (and thus freedom) to resist temptations, lowly urges, outbrakes of emotion and to break bad habits and form good one with ease. This will in turn, IMO, greatly reduce violence and disorder. Also, similarly as I wrote above, giving people mental freedom, it can inspire them to strive for outward freedom.

And fourthly, I find ascetism a good shield against decadence and corruption in which every system falls into after enough time.