that word has such negative connotations...
it has a one-way feel to it...
husbandry is as much about nurturing as harvesting, perhaps we need a new word. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
Gift-based society is an idea that sounds nice at first, but then seems unrealistic and impractical. I guess we've designated the government to be the safety-net of last resort (used to be the church?). Under the new feudalism, what happens to the government social programs and safety net?
Under the new feudalism, what happens to the government social programs and safetynet?
great question...
i assume the return to default: family-
considering how nuclear families have become. compared to a century ago, atomized even, this may not work. church has mostly gone too.
so it's the 'poorhouse' concept, or 'work-camps', unless we develop a lot more empathy as a species.
each new generation born and allowed to learn its history is another nail in the authoritarian mindset's coffin, every soundly educated child a new individual better immunised against the man=thug pathology that is providing false refuge for many lost sheep, as does jihad.
these diseases need absence of compassion to take root, and are very difficult to modify once established. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
