Hi Chris, How about calling it "Spreading the wealth?" :-)
Platt > > Chris: > > Indeed I do. Real socialism for me means real democracy. Real socialism > to > > me means a society where people have the time and the means to fully > > exercise a intellectually guided democracy. I that isn't so, then it > isn't > > a > > socialist society in my book. > > > > woods: > > You have made the political intellectual pattern to mean only > > socialism. No > > wonder you'll argue with others about this and others will argue with > you. > > Each > > of you have different definitions of what socialism is. > > I have not made it to mean socialism. But by my definition of socialism, I > have yet to hear a better program for intellectual level superiority. > However, it is problematic, because to a lot of people, when I say I am a > socialist, they will assign me a whole bunch of opinions that I don't > hold. > I believe in democracy, free speech, justice and all that stuff. I don't > believe in the necessity of a bloody revolution, I don't believe in > oppression of differing opinions or any of that Stalinist stuff. > Perhaps the word socialism is too infected, perhaps I should invent a new > one. > > What would be a good word for wanting to build a extensive welfare state > with "radical" democracy? Because that is really what I am all about, I > want > to make democracy work by making it possible for people to understand what > it is. To give them the time and the means to understand it. That's what a > welfare state is Good for. So that people can feel safe and be able to > develop themselves in whatever way they want. That way we can work towards > a > society where people needn't be so bound by social values, because they > are > liberated by being born into a society where realizing your potential and > going after Quality is possible without the constant fear of failing and > ending up on the streets or something like that. > > You know, to make a shift from social values to intellectual ones as the > most central, And make it easier to explore ANY form of Quality. That I > believe is best done by building a society where, by providing the basic > needs for everyone, the (social level motivated) hysteria which is the > accumulation of wealth hasn't got such a strong grip on people. > > What would you call it? Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
