Interesting ideas are a starting
point for this necessary discourse.
There ought to be a place in Parliament for some pensioners, disabled folk, some children and teenagers, and other vulnerable people, providing a commentary on the proceedings, a bit like the two old geezers at the end of the muppet show, humorous but with more bite.
PR, NOTA, and many other progressive and humane practices regarding a humane democracy are all possible.
Ask the disabled what they need, let them decide on policy on the disabled.
There ought to be a place in Parliament for some pensioners, disabled folk, some children and teenagers, and other vulnerable people, providing a commentary on the proceedings, a bit like the two old geezers at the end of the muppet show, humorous but with more bite.
PR, NOTA, and many other progressive and humane practices regarding a humane democracy are all possible.
Ask the disabled what they need, let them decide on policy on the disabled.
Ask the 'disruptive children' in
schools what they need, let them inform how they are helped.
Ask the renters what they need,
and let them inform how renting is regulated.
Ask mothers what they need, and
then let those needs inform policy on family and community.
Ask elders what they need, and
let those needs inform policy on family and community.
Ask Survivors of trauma and
criminal abuse what they need, and let that inform policy.
Tell the banks what we need of
their services, and ensure they comply to the 'market' : those who need their
services (apart from criminal organisations, speculative betters etc etc )
Tell the police how they ought to
relate to troubled youth, as carers as well as protectors, and let the troubled
youth inform how they are to be treated.
Ask the Military how they can
best help Society, and let that inform how they are deployed (Chavez did this
in his 'exile' in the remote parts of Venuzeula, and directed the military
under his command to build infrastructure, schools, wells, etc etc... which
built his base from which he re-emerged to engage in Democratic Governance.)
There are a myriad of genuine
examples of all of this kind of democratic behaviour that demonstrate it is
both practical and effective.
We, the people, are the majority tax payers, and we need to take up the responsibility of how we organise our part of Society and not devolve that to others. We ought to employ some to do what we decide, not vote for others to decide for us. That's infantile.
The current political paradigm represents peoples fears more often than their needs or 'interests' as a means to manipulate the electorate, to gain Power over the people.
A truly representative figure head is a spokesperson carrying the message of those who have decided. Not a leader.
We need to become leaders who can select spokespersons, who can employ civil servants and politicians and direct them.
There was a time when those skills lived within the community. Amongst people known who could be trusted because if they bodged the job, you would come around to their house. This is oversight.
The time for grass roots oversight has come. Be part of it. Participate in decision making, in deliberation, in the exploration of the issues, the problems, the solutions and be a learner, a grower, a fully matured human being.
I want to live fully humanely. I do already, to a large degree, and recognise that I need to take up my shared responsibility, to all other living humans, my family to mature fully and become fully participative. I need to do this to honour my connections to you all, to honour my sense of self and to exercise the loving care I feel for all humanity.
What do you want?
We, the people, are the majority tax payers, and we need to take up the responsibility of how we organise our part of Society and not devolve that to others. We ought to employ some to do what we decide, not vote for others to decide for us. That's infantile.
The current political paradigm represents peoples fears more often than their needs or 'interests' as a means to manipulate the electorate, to gain Power over the people.
A truly representative figure head is a spokesperson carrying the message of those who have decided. Not a leader.
We need to become leaders who can select spokespersons, who can employ civil servants and politicians and direct them.
There was a time when those skills lived within the community. Amongst people known who could be trusted because if they bodged the job, you would come around to their house. This is oversight.
The time for grass roots oversight has come. Be part of it. Participate in decision making, in deliberation, in the exploration of the issues, the problems, the solutions and be a learner, a grower, a fully matured human being.
I want to live fully humanely. I do already, to a large degree, and recognise that I need to take up my shared responsibility, to all other living humans, my family to mature fully and become fully participative. I need to do this to honour my connections to you all, to honour my sense of self and to exercise the loving care I feel for all humanity.
What do you want?
Kindest regards
Corneilius
Do what you love, it's Your Gift to Universe
