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Less technology & more community - via a secondary monetary system and stricter laws on social media

Anonymous

April 26, 2023

Less technology & more community - via a secondary monetary system and stricter laws on social media

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Climate crisis and corona all point to the way of over-exploitation of our planet and the creatures on it. The first lockdown created a brief pause but of late everything has seemed to return to the old stressful way of life, with highways once again full of trucks and cars. Nothing seems to stop the rat race, if only because "it's all about the economy" - even if it's at the detriment of our health and the planet. We're all hostages of neoliberalism and the Stockholm syndrome isn't being healed. That needs to stop. It must. One sad aspect is how the over reliance on technology has created havoc. Cambridge Analytica & Trump have shown us how social media can be turned evil ; more needs to be done in that respect, beyond GDPR, to protect our democracies. Moreover, Silicon Valley distrupters and other lobbyists have enriched themselves while causing chaos and profound unhappiness. Yet people like Richard Wilkinson, Rutger Bregman and the late Bernard Lietaer have already pointed to the solution : more equality, a better distribution of wealth, companies paying their taxes like everyone else. Key in this vision is not "universal income" however, if only because it's taboo for a lot of politicians. A better way of realising change is starting with a secondary monetary system as Bernard Lietaer has recommended. Because the euro and the dollar etc. are about sarcity and stranglehold (hostage holders & lobbyists), while a secondary coin will liberate energy and cooperation. Essential in averting the climate crisis and repairing floods. This can only go hand in hand with more participation & deliberative democracy. G1000 was a good start but we need to go further if we want change - because politics is at the merci of lobbyism & sectarianism.

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hallo
Spokojený svět
By 2040, our society and that of the world will be so prosperous that people will not be reduced to scams, thefts, tunnelling, or even wars. The land will belong equally to the rich and the poor. We will protect nature, not devastate it, because we will finally realize what it can give us if we take good care of it and protect it. People will not starve because there will be enough food for everyone. It will be a world of abundance and satisfaction for all, both for humans and animals. We will not envy each other because everyone will have the basics and it will depend only on each of us how we arrange it. It will be a world where one can live happily, and for diseases for which there are no medicines yet, immediate diagnosis and treatment will be possible.
hallo
Kijönni egy fizetesbol
Everyone should live well, they should not be very petty, they should not be very rich.He who is honest should have a very nice life and should not have financial problems.Everyone should have the opportunity to go home or buy a house without effort.He who works should know how to make a living without problems and should not have to take extra work if he wants something, for example, to buy a new car.He should be able to create a large family, and the children should not be lacking in anything.Everyone should have the opportunity to do a job that he likes and should have time for the family.He should not be afraid to lose his job and not have to live a miserable life.He should be able to provide for the whole family,and the underage should be able to deal with the children and the household, should be able to go to work and be able to receive a salary from the husband.
hallo
viera.ucty@gmail.com
without politically oriented NGOs, low prices in general, free health care, freedom of speech, no prohibition of other opinion, recognition of LGBTQ+ as a mental disorder, recognition of rights of homosexuals, state agriculture, health care, high pedantic control on food, everything that can be grown in Slovakia will be grown in Slovakia and sold to citizens at low prices, all imports will become more expensive, education will be diverted to priorities for life, so that children do not have to learn everything, but according to their abilities and hobbies to focus their education, after the end of school the immediate necessary entry into state work to gain practice for life and duty the sense of responsibility, expropriate politicians, legally establish material responsibility, strict controls on ministries, reduce taxes so that people do not need to lie and deceive the state, immediately abolish greendeal fascist ideology, help students abroad with the obligation to pay back the practice of the state in Slovakia, to investigate the covid mafia, which tried to depopulate, to put the European Commission in the hands of ordinary citizens, to decide only on the basis of a referendum, and the Commission would be merely an advisory body without powers, a ban on interfering in any policy of another state, whether inside or outside the EU, to abolish supermarkets and to restore and support small entrepreneurs in order to discourage unnecessary waste
hallo
repcsikova@gmail.com
I don't think there's such a long time until 2040, ,, that a lot has changed. I would like to see all illnesses cured. It would also be nice if there wasn't much work to do. I hope the robots work for us. And so everyone can do pleasant things, for example, travel. It would also be good if there were no poverty, everyone would have decent housing and a nice life. I hope no one abuses animals because it doesn't belong. I'm already retired , but I would like to travel a lot and see the beauty of the place.
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