Ron Paul’s critique is better than his solutions 

Libertarianism has part of the critique right. But
Libertarians disparage “government” without
distinguishing between remote, overly-centralized
government vs. local, communitarian self-
administration. Libertarianism sounds good when it
references “self-reliance” and… more

New York Times covers secessionists 

New York Times - October 18, 2007

Section: N.Y. / Region

A Vision of a Nation No Longer in the U.S.

By Peter Applebome

If any New Yorker were to become the… more

Statist provision vs. Gandhi’s localist vision 

Under present circumstances workers need - and fight to defend - state-provided benefits such as social security. When facing a crisis of competitive pressures, as they always eventually do, capitalists push to undermine such benefits. Greens should stand for their… more

The Ecovillage/Bioregional Vision in a Nutshell 

The idea is to re-create village life.

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It takes a village to raise a child. More generally, it takes a village to foster a sense of care, responsibility, identification, and… more

What’s wrong with computers, cars, telephones, and airplanes? 

There is an insanity to the modern world having to do with scales and distances.

Advanced technology is an enabler of the insanity.

Computers, cars, telephones, and airplanes enable the illusion that we can handle, control,… more

Ideas about decentralization, devolution of power are in the air 

From the Green Party of New Jersey interpretation of the Ten Key Values:

DECENTRALIZATION
Power and responsibility must be restored to local communities, within an overall framework of ecologically sound, socially just values and lifestyles. To… more

Toward a Green World 

[The first part of this post is a table with two columns. If the formatting on your screen makes it difficult to read, go to the menu bar of your browser and temporarily change View / Text Size to Smallest.… more

Thoughts on the megamachine 

A fundamental concept of the Green movement, I believe, is the idea that there has been a Great Schism of Lifeways in the human experience.

On the one hand we can talk about the Old Ways (as Gary… more

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