Monday, February 19, 2007
Demos=People
Hey, so in that last response to J, I brought up the idea of democracy outside of "politics". This has been on my mind a lot lately, especially in thinking about how to accomplish or make happen what I see as my goals in the future-- do I involve myself in public policy, or do I work through alternative avenues? Does democracy work best through government, or in the day to day ineractions between people and the building of communities? I don't doubt the value of a republic, or federal union-- I just am uncertain of their effectiveness to lead change when change is in the works... it seems revolutions (paradigm shifts, what have you) only occur in democratic governments when the shit has hit the fan, never before. I am wondering if there is another way to go about effecting change, democratically of course. So, how does a democracy work outside a system of politics?
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What kind of change are you talking about?
What would you like to see happen?
I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours...
What would I like to see happen?
The ideal of Community to become updated into a global, local, "glocal" age, so that diversity of thought, culture and values are not lost to a global mono-culture, so that they dont become secondary to it, but rather overtake it.
From this point forward is my original ramblings which might make no sense:
Im talking about "peace" maybe, in an attempt to coopt your language, an emergent social conciousness.
I believe in the power of communication, community, etc... the reason I focus on democracy. I think that a lot of the issues in the world are based on a failure to communicate (which then leads to a host of other problems)
Am I being clear?
In an indirect response to your most recent post, the ambiguity/contradiction which holds a lot of power for me is both the conciousness of the individual and that of the community, both from the perspective of individuals and communities.
This leads to the idea of "ownership" especially in regards to knowledge and art, and the issue there is that ownership as it stands legally works against the dialogue from which knowledge and art emerge but then railing against ownership risks losing the voices of individuals, which are essential to a dialogue.
I was going to reference certain articles here, just in respects of possible solutions, but I cant find them. Oh well. Am I rambling?
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