Without exaggeration

[IChing]

I can say that our modern civilization is facing a major crisis, indeed a crisis of survival. The full scope of the crisis has become increasingly apparent to more and more people over these past fifteen years. There were some, however, who were able to see the signs of this crisis long ago. Fortunately for the rest of us, there have been scientists, economists, journalists, and others, who have devoted their talents to investigating the roots of our current crisis, exploring how humanity might be able to avoid falling over the precipice – and publishing their results as part of a new genre of transformational literature.

One of the common themes that emerges in this genre is interconnectedness. Our economic and political systems, our environmental and social problems, and our unstable international situation – these are all interconnected with one another. They can only be understood from a whole systems perspective. We don’t have a list of individual problems to solve – rather we have a dysfunctional system that needs to be somehow reconfigured, i.e., transformed.

In fact, our societal will is the will of our political and economic elites. If they decide to invade Iraq, for example, then the media propaganda, the resources of our society, and our men and women in uniform are devoted to that objective – regardless of public sentiment regarding the adventure. And when it comes to transformation of the systems of our societies, these established elites are dead set against any such notion. They are irrevocably committed to holding on to the reigns of power, and maintaining the current system – regardless of the environmental and social consequences. The response of our governments to the emerging transformational paradigm has been dramatically symbolized by their brutal suppression of the various anti-globalization protests.

it is about global transformation, not just the transformation of a single society.>>>>snip


http://escapingthematrix.org/Introduction.html

[undergroundpanther]

1. Read my sig lines

One was a quote from a lady who was tortured at Abu Gharib. The other I dunno where I found it,I modified it slightly,but the idea we are trapped in a nightmare of our leaders making it is true. The More we look to a leader,A savior to make a new system,and the less we look to our friends neighbors families biological or otherwise.The more we rely on systems to develop the social skills we each need to learn to be able to deal with each other fairly, and to deal with sociopath elements among us so we don't get hurt ,for us...The more we let corporations feed,clothe, house and take care of us,they are robbing us of self sufficiency and our own survival skills..the more we let money do the bartering,or eliminate it,for us and we do not share what we know with each other, and what we have excess of with each other The less we do of negotiation,the less we take care of our safety issues,our protection issues,and let the state apparatus do it for us the less we are capable of altering systems gone bad.In effect I think humans have become adult children,tamed and limited by the state.It's not flattering but I think it's true.

[IChing]

2. We were all prisoners of Abu Gharib as Americans and humans.

Of all of our societal systems, the most resistant to transformation are our political systems. So long as our political systems are controlled by wealthy elites, none of our other systems can be transformed. Revitalization of democracy turns out to be the critical factor in social transformation. And yet, revitalization of democracy is the least developed part of the emerging transformational paradigm. We can find complete treatments of sustainable economics, healthy agriculture, and appropriate technologies, but when it comes to the nature of genuine democracy.

[IChing]

3. I don't need a flag

I don't need a flag to say that
I am a Patriot for freedom,Justice and Human beings
right now the "help signs of Katrina",
for the people,
us peons.

That desert might be gonna be mighty tasty
when brought to the table of a real democracy.
But the dinner for humanity has been a selfish dish
That only the server gets to eat"

IChing.