Oh, I doubt very much that we can "bring back" the exact structures that existed and I doubt that we would want to live in the cultures as they existed thousands of years ago. What I would like to see is an examination of the principles involved in order to try to figure out how we may incorporate them into our structure and culture, or at least start thinking in terms of going in that direction.
It seems to me that, unless we have some sense of what our goals are, however long-distance and however seemingly difficult to achieve given our present social and cultural context, then we have no chance of doing anything but going around in circles. We can learn much about what humans are capable of by studying these older societies and perhaps we can benefit from that. Selma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 3:23 PM Subject: Re: synergistic societies > Selma Singer replied: > > Let me see if I understand your argument correctly. It seems to me you are > > arguing that if force and violence and greed and other such forces have > > beenable to prevail in the past then they must always prevail. > > > > Please correct me if I have misinterpreted your argument. > > Slightly. Basically I was wondering what the practical chances of > returning to synergistic societies are, at a time when it seems that > "dog eat dog" societies have prevailed globally. When synergistic > individuals/societies have been removed physically and/or culturally > (degraded to insignificance in terms of power/influence, deprived of > substance), how can they be "brought back" ? What are the practical > methods of turning the tide ? > > Chris > >
