• From crisis to crisis, suffering to the chaos of its ignorance.

    From Jos Boersema@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 19 05:11:20 2024
    https://www.reddit.com/r/distributism/comments/197zi3a/would_distributism_cause_political_chaos/

    Someone posited that 'Distributism' (which involves giving everyone
    their right to land, a right which is in the Torah and which the Jewish
    people are illegally neglecting) could cause political chaos, and that
    it might even be a good thing that enormous companies exist which give
    this society some structure. The poster wrote that Distributism might
    not be realistic, "Imagine taking collective action in a country of 300
    million people." (end quote).

    Comment:

    It is a good question, but the reverse is just as true: not implementing Distributism causes political chaos. Nevertheless, trying to implement
    a somewhat different fundamental system for society is going to upset
    that society. New things need to be learned, some people will oppose.

    What is political chaos ? In my view the political chaos today is caused
    by the system, which is tearing the people apart in a Oligarchy class and
    a serfs caste. The Oligarchy has a need for the political chaos. They
    literally and cold bloodily finance it, but also inadvertently cause
    it by bribing politicians to serve them rather than the people. Once
    the politicians are so diverted, they stop solving serious problems and
    start looking for alternatives to get attention. Adding a struggle for Distributism to this chaos can also give the schisms a new focal point
    of unity, because it should unite both the Capitalists (because it is a
    trade system), and the Socialists (because everyone has a right to land, companies are small and hopefully as democratic as possible, while I
    personally would allow small dictatorial businesses up to 10 persons).

    To aid the unity of the people, I would like to start with a Council
    Government also, which distributes political power the best. People form
    groups of 10, 5 such groups are a voter group who elect a Delegate. 50 Delegates form a local Government, and they group for the election of
    one tier higher Councils in sections of themselves.

    However, reality is tough. People can be confused, selfish, chaotic, hysterical, short sighted, even criminal, and perhaps worst of all:
    apathetic. For such reasons I think it is wise to not storm the Capital
    (heh) on day 1. Rather to gently and carefully start building on what is
    good within the current environment. A political party can be started. A
    fund can be started to buy land. A propaganda group can be formed. The
    Council Government can be started as a casual good cause organization far removed from claims to Sovereignty (due to its small size), to clean the streets of garbage or to run an orphanage or to save stray cats or to just
    come together for a chat around a bowl of soup and some home made bread.

    Then through perseverance, our lives would be slowly improving, and we
    would be consistently there to provide an answer to the questions of
    the economy, from century to century, while the world goes from crisis
    to crisis, suffering to the chaos of its ignorance.

    --
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    with a multi-facetted implementation plan. http://market.socialism.nl

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