INTEGRAL ANTI-CAPITALISM cont'd. - Integral Post-Metaphysical Spirituality2024-03-29T11:27:09Zhttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/forum/topics/integral-anti-capitalism-part-ii?commentId=5301756%3AComment%3A54606&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe problem with capitalism f…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2018-11-15:5301756:Comment:734922018-11-15T16:55:06.440ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>The problem with capitalism from <a href="https://eand.co/capitalism-is-why-americans-are-subsidizing-the-worlds-richest-man-lol-8a775a22fdbb?fbclid=IwAR2gbN75VsMwaihOMfJDzfGQfMTesGer6CqbVV0yFbrgvreaWZDV6Awqfr0">this</a> piece. Hence the rise of the <a href="http://integralworld.net/berge7.html">collaborative commons</a>.</p>
<p><br></br> "Let’s start at zero: capitalism isn’t the platonic ideal of self-correcting competition — that’s a fantasy, a fairy tale. This is the self-evident reality of…</p>
<p>The problem with capitalism from <a href="https://eand.co/capitalism-is-why-americans-are-subsidizing-the-worlds-richest-man-lol-8a775a22fdbb?fbclid=IwAR2gbN75VsMwaihOMfJDzfGQfMTesGer6CqbVV0yFbrgvreaWZDV6Awqfr0">this</a> piece. Hence the rise of the <a href="http://integralworld.net/berge7.html">collaborative commons</a>.</p>
<p><br/> "Let’s start at zero: capitalism isn’t the platonic ideal of self-correcting competition — that’s a fantasy, a fairy tale. This is the self-evident reality of capitalism — monopolies extracting wealth. How much? Well, first, no amount of wealth will ever be enough — not even the most wealth in human history is. There is no boundary condition, no point of satiation, which means there is also no line of conscience or morality."</p> Good review of this book, som…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2018-10-28:5301756:Comment:738092018-10-28T17:53:09.895ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>Good review of <a href="https://store.c4ss.org/index.php/product/markets-not-capitalism/?fbclid=IwAR03zkJmmMtMQZgNw7DMUySMLHTgt-c_1Pky28iVPFCRdUZhhI8ozNh27Pw" rel="nofollow">this</a> book, some of which is below. See the link for more.<br></br> <br></br> "Individualist anarchists believe in mutual exchange, not economic privilege. They believe in freed markets, not capitalism. They defend a distinctive response to the challenges of ending global capitalism and achieving social justice: eliminate the…</p>
<p>Good review of <a rel="nofollow" href="https://store.c4ss.org/index.php/product/markets-not-capitalism/?fbclid=IwAR03zkJmmMtMQZgNw7DMUySMLHTgt-c_1Pky28iVPFCRdUZhhI8ozNh27Pw">this</a> book, some of which is below. See the link for more.<br/> <br/> "Individualist anarchists believe in mutual exchange, not economic privilege. They believe in freed markets, not capitalism. They defend a distinctive response to the challenges of ending global capitalism and achieving social justice: eliminate the political privileges that prop up capitalists.<br/> <br/> "Massive concentrations of wealth, rigid economic hierarchies, and unsustainable modes of production are not the results of the market form, but of markets deformed and rigged by a network of state-secured controls and privileges to the business class. <i>Markets Not Capitalism</i> explores the gap between radically freed markets and the capitalist-controlled markets that prevail today. It explains how liberating market exchange from state capitalist privilege can abolish structural poverty, help working people take control over the conditions of their labor, and redistribute wealth and social power.</p>
<p>"Featuring discussions of socialism, capitalism, markets, ownership, labor struggle, grassroots privatization, intellectual property, health care, racism, sexism, and environmental issues, this unique collection brings together classic essays by leading figures in the anarchist tradition, including Proudhon and Voltairine de Cleyre, and such contemporary innovators as Kevin Carson and Roderick Long. It introduces an eye-opening approach to radical social thought, rooted equally in libertarian socialism and market anarchism."</p> Some self awareness for you.…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2018-10-16:5301756:Comment:736012018-10-16T17:09:51.312ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>Some self awareness for you. Know on what your lifestyle depends. Knowing this do you still want that lifestyle? Also know that such a lifestyle is also contributing to climate chaos. Yes, <i>you</i> did that.</p>
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<p>Some self awareness for you. Know on what your lifestyle depends. Knowing this do you still want that lifestyle? Also know that such a lifestyle is also contributing to climate chaos. Yes, <i>you</i> did that.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2505399210?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2505399210?profile=original" class="align-full" width="678"/></a></p> What's wrong with capitalism?…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2018-06-08:5301756:Comment:726012018-06-08T14:49:34.410ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>What's wrong with capitalism? Part <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJW4-cOZt8A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one</a>, part <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR7ryg1w_IQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two</a>.</p>
<p>What's wrong with capitalism? Part <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJW4-cOZt8A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one</a>, part <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR7ryg1w_IQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two</a>.</p> Thanks crapitalism, an ad by…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2018-06-06:5301756:Comment:722362018-06-06T16:59:31.485ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>Thanks crapitalism, an ad by the Democratic Socialists of America.</p>
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<p>Thanks crapitalism, an ad by the Democratic Socialists of America.</p>
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</p> "Market socialism as viable a…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2018-05-30:5301756:Comment:725012018-05-30T16:00:31.066ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>"<a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/37396/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Market socialism as viable alternative</a> to neoliberalism." An excerpt:</p>
<p>"Political and economic thinking is currently dominated by neoliberal economic ideology and, in the mature capitalist societies, socialism as a counter ideology has weakened in the public consciousness. Market socialism, which blends public ownership with a market economy, is a practical political course involving…</p>
<p>"<a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/37396/" target="_blank">Market socialism as viable alternative</a> to neoliberalism." An excerpt:</p>
<p>"Political and economic thinking is currently dominated by neoliberal economic ideology and, in the mature capitalist societies, socialism as a counter ideology has weakened in the public consciousness. Market socialism, which blends public ownership with a market economy, is a practical political course involving a gradual reversion to public ownership, mutualisation and indicative planning. While market socialism has flaws, it is a step away from neoliberal policy and a movement towards social-democracy."</p>
<p></p> The democratic confederalism…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2018-05-07:5301756:Comment:719262018-05-07T20:16:59.742ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>The democratic confederalism in Rojava. Rojava is an autonomous region in northern Syria. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_confederalism">This</a> wiki describes democratic confederalism, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Federation_of_Northern_Syria">this</a> wiki expands on Rojava. It is a hybrid form of libertarian socialism and direct democracy. Some excerpts:<br></br> <br></br> "The DFNS pursues a model of economy that blends co-operative and private…</p>
<p>The democratic confederalism in Rojava. Rojava is an autonomous region in northern Syria. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_confederalism">This</a> wiki describes democratic confederalism, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Federation_of_Northern_Syria">this</a> wiki expands on Rojava. It is a hybrid form of libertarian socialism and direct democracy. Some excerpts:<br/> <br/> "The DFNS pursues a model of economy that blends co-operative and private enterprise. In 2012, the PYD launched what it called the Social Economy Plan, later renamed the People's Economy Plan (PEP). PEP's policies are based primarily on the work of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_%C3%96calan" title="Abdullah Öcalan">Abdullah Öcalan</a> and ultimately seek to replace <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism" title="Capitalism">capitalism</a> by democratic confederalism. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_property" title="Private property">Private property</a> and entrepreneurship are protected under the principle of 'ownership by use', although accountable to the democratic will of locally organized councils. Dr. Dara Kurdaxi, a DFNS economist, has said: 'The method in Rojava is not so much against private property, but rather has the goal of putting private property in the service of all the peoples who live in Rojav.' <br/> <br/> "Much of the region's economic activity is organized through communes and co-operatives which provide for essentials. Co-operatives account for a large proportion of agricultural production and are active in construction, factories, energy production, livestock, pistachio and roasted seeds, and public markets. Several hundred instances of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_farming" title="Collective farming">collective farming</a> have occurred across towns and villages in all three regions, with each commune consisting of approximately 20–35 people. According to the Ministry of Economics, approximately three quarters of all property has been placed under community ownership and a third of production has been transferred to direct management by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_council" title="Workers' council">workers' councils</a>.<sup>"</sup></p> Also see Heron's latest writi…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2018-04-30:5301756:Comment:721242018-04-30T17:39:13.408ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span class="UFICommentBody">Also see Heron's <a href="http://www.human-inquiry.com/thoughts.htm" rel="noopener" target="_blank">latest writings</a> on spirituality, where he said:<br></br><br></br>"Life-style transformation, in this inquiry practice, brings about the products of decision-making, fulfilling in co-operative action inquiry its intended outcomes. It involves transformative deeds covering a wide range of social and environmental outcomes; or…</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span class="UFICommentBody">Also see Heron's <a href="http://www.human-inquiry.com/thoughts.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest writings</a> on spirituality, where he said:<br/><br/>"Life-style transformation, in this inquiry practice, brings about the products of decision-making, fulfilling in co-operative action inquiry its intended outcomes. It involves transformative deeds covering a wide range of social and environmental outcomes; or some kind of aesthetic, functional or technological product serving such outcomes; or some kind of information gathering or training furthering such outcomes. The collaborative action inquirers are co-creators with divine becoming of planetary transformation, manifest in terms of social justice and human rights, personal and interpersonal development, aesthetic creation and celebration, economic sustainability, ecological balance and cosmic attunement - at home, at work, in the community, and regionally, nationally, internationally and in relation to the wider cosmos. We start here, in this place where we are, with these immediate partners, friends, family, colleagues and associates - and other sentient beings around us."</span></span></span></p> Recall Wilber's 4 definitions…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2018-04-30:5301756:Comment:720212018-04-30T17:26:10.638ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span class="UFICommentBody">Recall Wilber's 4 definitions of <i>spiritual</i> in <a href="http://shamogoloparvaneh.com/Ken%20Wilber%20-%20Integral%20Spirituality.pdf">this</a> document (63-4): the highest development in any line; its own developmental line; meditative or peak experiences; a general attitude that can revert to the first three definitions. <br></br><br></br>More particularly, see <a href="http://www.human-inquiry.com/slrs.htm">Heron's</a> …</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="UFICommentActorAndBody"><span><span class="UFICommentBody">Recall Wilber's 4 definitions of <i>spiritual</i> in <a href="http://shamogoloparvaneh.com/Ken%20Wilber%20-%20Integral%20Spirituality.pdf">this</a> document (63-4): the highest development in any line; its own developmental line; meditative or peak experiences; a general attitude that can revert to the first three definitions. <br/><br/>More particularly, see <a href="http://www.human-inquiry.com/slrs.htm">Heron's</a> definition as "a more convincing account of spirituality is that it is about multi-line integral development explored by persons in relation. This is because many basic developmental lines - e.g. those to do with gender, psychosexuality, emotional and interpersonal skills, communicative competence, morality, to name but a few - unfold through engagement with other people. A person cannot develop these lines on their own, but through mutual co-inquiry. The spirituality that is the highest development of these lines can only be achieved through relational forms of practice that unveil the spirituality implicit in them."</span></span></span></p> From this article, which clai…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2018-04-30:5301756:Comment:721232018-04-30T16:31:42.134ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>From <a href="http://evonomics.com/will-replace-outdated-left-right-economic-thinking-commons-paradigm/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=organic" rel="nofollow">this</a> article, which claims the Commons paradigm will replace neoliberal capitalism. Just putting Band-Aids on capitalism isn't good enough. Capitalism at its core has degenerated into rampant inequality, greed, environmental degradation, financial instability on the verge of collapse and the decimation of democracy with the…</p>
<p>From <a rel="nofollow" href="http://evonomics.com/will-replace-outdated-left-right-economic-thinking-commons-paradigm/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=organic">this</a> article, which claims the Commons paradigm will replace neoliberal capitalism. Just putting Band-Aids on capitalism isn't good enough. Capitalism at its core has degenerated into rampant inequality, greed, environmental degradation, financial instability on the verge of collapse and the decimation of democracy with the rise of plutocracy. And liberal tweeks, while still accepting basic capitalistic premises, are just more of the aforementioned Band-Aids. "Conventional schools of economics, politics and power do not comprehend the generative capacities of decentralized, self-organized networks. They apply obsolete categories of institutional control and political analysis." Hence it's time to reimagine economics anew, and the Commons paradigm is already emerging organically. <br/> <br/> "The commons, briefly put, is about self-organized social systems for managing shared wealth. Far from a 'tragedy,' the commons as a system for mutualizing responsibilities and benefits is highly generative. It can be seen in the successful self-management of forests, farmland, and water, and in open source software communities, open-access scholarly journals, and 'cosmo-local' design and manufacturing systems."<br/> <br/> "Rather than try to manage themselves as hierarchical <em>organizations </em>with proprietary franchises, reputations, and overhead to sustain, activists see themselves as part of <em>social movements</em> working as flexible players in open, fluid environments. Their network-driven activism enables them to more efficiently self-organize and coordinate activities, attract self-selected participants with talent, and implement fast cycles of creative iteration. System-change movements tend to eschew the conventional policy and political process, and instead seek change through self-organized <em>emergence</em>. [...] In this, the commons is at once a paradigm, a discourse, a set of social practices, and an ethic [...] a kind of overarching metanarrative." And hence, a <i>spiritual</i> enactment, if by that term we mean the most evolved to date enactments not only in those individual domains but in their syntegration (<a href="http://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/forum/topics/a-note-on-neologisms?commentId=5301756%3AComment%3A72122" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hiersynarchy</a>) within an evolved, "overarching metanarrative."</p>