ownership and poverty as we enter big events.

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Capitalism was promised as a regime that would most benefit the whole population. Perhaps there is no better regime with so many winners and so few losers. But many of us doubt that it is at all an optimum regime. Would it be possible to mobilize talent to manage a more (not completely) fair economy that was also in a healthy relationship with Nature of which we are a part?

Is there a much better way, given seasons, climate changes, the distribution of human nature, and the problems of population? Many think so and while me and friends are optimistic, there are probably limitations. The sons and daughters of an ethical generation are not facing the same difficulties as their parents overcame, and are not likely to defend “the good” but to merge with less ethical opportunities.

Capitalism (those with excess wealth) is mixed up with ownership (those who own part of society's surplus can hire others). Science and art are probably not as interesting in a society where none can afford uninterruptible leisure.

But the current capitalist regime is bad and, through corporations, responsible for our death anticipating the immediate future. Count the number of locks protecting our property. House, cabinets, windows, cars, garages, bank accounts (behind locks serving us), and suitcases, all are weapons against the poor in a war around property. Curious that the word comes from proper, “\What is proper to a man of rank to show his place in society. So what was originally a sign of social status became material things. In hunter-gatherer groups, clothing marked the person’s rank, maybe a weapon and a chair at council meetings. Period. These institutional cultures, capitalism, and property will weigh heavily on those trying to make a decent society as we navigate the climate/economic/ social life future.

I want to recall us to the bounds-breaking book, The Dawn of Everything.

email me for discussion doug@dougcarmichael.com

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