Question 6: What kind of economic structures can best support a shift to sustainable living?
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first your request:”post your city”. I’m in New York. Sorry, I did not notice the request earlier.
Next: Question 6 on economic and question 2 on sustainability are closely connected. If, as I wrote, sustainability is just one possible future among others, the kind of economic structures that could support such a possibility must clearly involve a differentiation among the present structures supporting sustainability from those that don’t. Clearly that include an agreement to sort structures favoring continual change from structures designed to preserve the Status quo enterprises.
At present, in my opinion, we have a dominant system that favor very large and predatory enterprises benefiting primarily 2% of the population to the detriment of a majority of “left behind”. Computers were developed by small group who con the military to finance them.Giant enterprises do not really generate sustainable new structures, their cancerous growth sustains itself on fogging the issues and buying out successful new ideas.
Full employment on the contrary would be served by helping small enterprise to succeed. It is evident that there is no clear and present danger that such help would endanger our avarage cost of living but the 2% and their cleptocratic politic do endanger our lives. I believe there is a need to change their system. If the United State is a super power in a present position of leadership, the last seven years of war and violence is a clear failure of this leadership. Who in the 2% profited from these war? Should they continue?
I did this small interview with Gauthier Chapelle, Director of biomimicry Europa where we weave the question of Economic structures with Living systems, non human economies and sustainability in search for the inspiration that natural systems provide for us to design a sustainable world.
http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/W8dFPzwx