Now, in the midst of this head on collision I feel between past - future, right - wrong, ideal - real… Regardless what analysts, bankers, or my high school civics instructor Brian Flaherty say, economy to me is the ability of a person, a family, a community, a nation, and an ecosystem to maintain long term relationships of symbiosis where all survive, thrive, flourish and replenish the resources they used during their lifetime; death giving rise to the renewal of energy that will fuel the next generation.
A strong economy to me means that the renewable resources available from the land support the total number of its inhabitants (plant, animal and otherwise). So, what are the elements that encourage each part of the system to grow, perform and produce at maximum levels of sustainable capacity? And are there current or historic models that help to inspire creative problem solving?
Our solutions are many and varied and are likely not appearing in the textbooks that guide our teachers and students gently into a tiered caste future run by the existing corporate oligarchy. Our humanity will not be preserved and maintained by drones or robotics or by militarizing everything…. But rather by seeking to restore our ever fleeting compassion – by seeking to instill in our children the fearlessness required to stand up and share our own stories… by building in each other the determination and discipline needed to chart our own strategic initiatives, laying a course to a future of our own varied design and vision.
To me economy is food (local), housing (green), health (lifestyle) and a quality of life that is shared with everyone - where our individual, community and collective happiness takes root to motivate, guide and inspire us to survive, thrive and set a path to a future where equality and liberty are real and lasting.
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