Work in progress,,, there will be a longer essay here.
The ideal of paradigm shift, briefly sketched above, [and below] contains enormous implications for all strata of society, including labor. This would be a very interesting interview conversation - how might a purposeful societal move towards sustainability, civic uplift and an honest economic system affect working people.
The crux of the issue in very few words in this pitch to you is, business has created the "consumer culture" and has been extremely effective seducing just about everyone into believing there are no economic and social alternatives to extreme over consumption of resources and energy. The consumer culture, is ruining the planet and it ruins positive human potential. The consumer culture conflicts with many ideals of social solidarity and accountability.
The ideals of labor - fairness, safety, solidarity are vital aspirations and create skills that can help its proponents create healthy and cooperative alternatives to the consumer culture and hegemony of big business. Paradigm shift lifestyles would be very different from what we have now and would be a far better fit for labor and society than the distractions and vanity promoted by the consumer culture. This would be a very interesting conversation.
The ideal of paradigm shift, briefly sketched above, [and below] contains enormous implications for all strata of society, including labor. This would be a very interesting interview conversation - how might a purposeful societal move towards sustainability, civic uplift and an honest economic system affect working people.
The crux of the issue in very few words in this pitch to you is, business has created the "consumer culture" and has been extremely effective seducing just about everyone into believing there are no economic and social alternatives to extreme over consumption of resources and energy. The consumer culture, is ruining the planet and it ruins positive human potential. The consumer culture conflicts with many ideals of social solidarity and accountability.
The ideals of labor - fairness, safety, solidarity are vital aspirations and create skills that can help its proponents create healthy and cooperative alternatives to the consumer culture and hegemony of big business. Paradigm shift lifestyles would be very different from what we have now and would be a far better fit for labor and society than the distractions and vanity promoted by the consumer culture. This would be a very interesting conversation.