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Re: What is this 'New Age' all about??

"the (systems) are organized and setup and the inherent assumptions about relationships between human beings and between human beings and nature are crucial to examine and rectify"

"i think it is different for every area - but i think an important aspect to all this is local control and local empowerment over the means and yes more involvement"

what encompasses local control --- if we are speaking of nature, how can nature be controlled?

"i think along with this is the fact that nature teaches us and most indigenous cultures would exhibit that it is important to value local resources"

the world "value" is tricky when used in the manner by which you approach this subject. Local "control" may involve, for example, placing a monetary "value" on local spring water. Upon the value being placed on the water - the water becomes a commodity to be bought and sold, in some cases locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Is placing a monetary "value" on water/natural resources wrong?

"that we need to depend on what is around us to supply us"

theoretically - i am in full agreement. however practically that is impossible, unless individuals are willing to "give-up" many of the things we have grown accustom

"a system which traverses and controls the globe to create a world plantation for goods and services is bound to wastefulness gluttony and subservience to monetary values"

true. how can a new system be created?

"i am speaking generally of course and i am speaking as an american who has been raised in this society and of ways that americans in their communities can begin to tackle these issues"

how?

"i think given that we are a nation who is the worlds "buyer" - when we make these changes, the demand side can begin to change - demand on the empire to provide us with goods and services, demand on the empire to ensure our retirement savings by going to war to secure markets and resources, etc"

China would be classified as the no 1 world buyer. Americans are unwilling to make the necessary changes. What 'American' on this board has never shopped at Walmart?

"what i was pointing out with finance is the way it has become a global system that has been setup where these illusory tools which are SUPPOSED to be facilitating industry/goods/services have succeeded in usurping this position and now tangible goods/services are subservient to the math/finance/currrency. nature/food/shelter - things which humans actually need are all managed by means of fictitious documents and control mechanisms. nature has been devalued through this equation even though it is the fundamental building block for all we as humans require to survive - priorities are reversed."

good point --- ill get back on that

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go figure, rastas FOR technology and politricks... *NM*
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Thank you Auset! Iron sharpens Iron! *NM*
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