"How to Let Altruism Be Your Guide" is the left wing the way I see it as socialism is a voluntary sharing and humans really suck at it. Ricard is rigorous in looking to see if altruism is real and, confirming what he said, it's been reported to me of baboons offering themselves to some predator in an altruistic suicide for the good of the tribe.
Living with less isn't such a huge deal as much of that is reducing waste. That alone would make a tremendous difference. I don't want to abandon the space program as mankind will go to the stars but I absolutely want to eliminate the thousands and thousands of gigantic SUVs which are incredible resource hogs and serve not so much for transportation but to proclaim an artificial sexuality on the part of the owner. That kind of waste is ludicrous and it's insufferable in the face of widespread starvation in the world.
One of the biggest wastes for every country in the world comes in the military as peace is the most economical thing for the entire world. These nuclear subs have been floating around playing underwater cowboys and Indians for fifty years. At what point do you cut a deal and say, hey, Brother Vlad. What say we shelve this stuff and build something we will actually use. Nobody wants to use it because everybody dies so why should that be a hard deal to make.
Typically gainsayers will blow this off as bleeding heart babble but that's only from a short view of things. The vision is long past the next election as there's a tremendous sentiment that the end of the world is coming and we're all screwed. Either it's the Ultimate Holy War, some pestilence, or space aliens from the sky. There's a cultural depression and there are many playing new-age Neros because they've got lots of jingle but the same sentiment exists everywhere.
There has to be a belief in the future before people will be willing to share anything as the first move anyone will make in a disaster is to gather what you can to survive. There is no long view when you may not last the day.
The first move in any move toward increased socialism is to ameliorate the fear as people are bombarded with it and they're terrified. When you can talk honestly to those fears, life will get one whole lot better for everyone. Ricard presents clear justification for meditation and take what you will from his studies but one thing is certain: it will do no-one any harm.
In the end it's about sharing and socialism is a voluntary sharing, it's so obvious it doesn't need an 'ism' at all.
I recognize the conflict in the resources I use to make electronic music and broadcast it and I'm aware of the hypocrisy. I don't use much but I do use that ... which is all part of the overall mania for consumption. There's no good answer without giving up what I do so I damn sure better play something that doesn't suck.
Living with less isn't such a huge deal as much of that is reducing waste. That alone would make a tremendous difference. I don't want to abandon the space program as mankind will go to the stars but I absolutely want to eliminate the thousands and thousands of gigantic SUVs which are incredible resource hogs and serve not so much for transportation but to proclaim an artificial sexuality on the part of the owner. That kind of waste is ludicrous and it's insufferable in the face of widespread starvation in the world.
One of the biggest wastes for every country in the world comes in the military as peace is the most economical thing for the entire world. These nuclear subs have been floating around playing underwater cowboys and Indians for fifty years. At what point do you cut a deal and say, hey, Brother Vlad. What say we shelve this stuff and build something we will actually use. Nobody wants to use it because everybody dies so why should that be a hard deal to make.
Typically gainsayers will blow this off as bleeding heart babble but that's only from a short view of things. The vision is long past the next election as there's a tremendous sentiment that the end of the world is coming and we're all screwed. Either it's the Ultimate Holy War, some pestilence, or space aliens from the sky. There's a cultural depression and there are many playing new-age Neros because they've got lots of jingle but the same sentiment exists everywhere.
There has to be a belief in the future before people will be willing to share anything as the first move anyone will make in a disaster is to gather what you can to survive. There is no long view when you may not last the day.
The first move in any move toward increased socialism is to ameliorate the fear as people are bombarded with it and they're terrified. When you can talk honestly to those fears, life will get one whole lot better for everyone. Ricard presents clear justification for meditation and take what you will from his studies but one thing is certain: it will do no-one any harm.
In the end it's about sharing and socialism is a voluntary sharing, it's so obvious it doesn't need an 'ism' at all.
I recognize the conflict in the resources I use to make electronic music and broadcast it and I'm aware of the hypocrisy. I don't use much but I do use that ... which is all part of the overall mania for consumption. There's no good answer without giving up what I do so I damn sure better play something that doesn't suck.
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