Category Archives: Progressive Politics

The Human Brain Evolved Around Authoritarianism

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list Here is the lead in post from occupythegreenparty: DECENTRALIZATION Centralization of wealth and power contributes to social and economic injustice, environmental destruction, and militarization. Therefore, we support … Continue reading

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Our Constitution is a Disaster

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead in post from occupythegreenparty: It doesn’t matter what system it is it’s the PEOPLE. Somewhere there will be someone who wants to break … Continue reading

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Wall Street Needs Big Changes

The following discussion clip is from the Occupy Wall Street demand discussion list. Here is the lead-in post from littleg: The slight repairs that we [Occupy Wall Street] do is what is crucial to enable us to change the system … Continue reading

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No! We haven’t been here before

The Economist published an article on the recent riots in the UK titled We have been here before . Here is my comment: A common thread in most of the comments, as well as in the article itself, is looking … Continue reading

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Radical Cultural Change About To Happen

Francis Sealey started a discussion in the Linked in Group “Our System” about the impending cultural change humanity might face. The topic was, essentially, what are the cultural changes that are happening nationally and globally in the 21st century that … Continue reading

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The VALUES question for education

To follow up on a posting I made to the Linked in Group “Our System” about the Khan Academy , (see earlier blog), Ben Wallace asked about the values we now have for education. I commented: Ben. To address the … Continue reading

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The Ability for System Thinking Is Primarily Inherited

My comment on the Linked In Systems Thinking World group site (see 12/15/10 post on this site) drew a remarkable response. It essentially described the commenter’s experience that, somehow, people who can envision issues as part of a system, have … Continue reading

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China Takes a Major Step Toward Sustainability

There was an incredible article in the NYT on 2/28/11: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/world/asia/01beijing.html?_r=1&ref=science The article said, “China’s environment minister on Monday issued an unusually stark warning about the effects of unbridled development on the country’s air, water and soil, saying the nation’s … Continue reading

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A nation of fearless, bumbling morons

The Economist Democracy in America Blog had an article and discussion on the topic “A nation of fearless, bumbling morons”. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/01/getting_tough?page=2#comment-802532 In short, the discussion was asking whether people in the U.S. have become WUSSES, based on a recent canceling of a … Continue reading

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Greed is a SOCIAL issue

There was a post on a google group called Minds Eye in relation to the word GREED. The post started with the following point: “The word “greed” is tossed out so often and it always intrigues me just what people … Continue reading

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