Dystopie 1.Why ? Permaculture as an alternative to post-capitalist materialism ?
- war as a way of life=resisting change of paradigm-
- why do governments(corporations) fear/manipulate the young ?-
- Exclusion, an ongoing middle class event in the post-capitalist class war-
- breakdown of the mutual welfare state, from outside(far-right)&from within(decadence)-
- new scientific discoveries confirming ancient wisdom= how to apply the new paradigm ?+
- Economic disaster of fossile-fuel driven food systems
- 1984?political control of populations through fear, hate, “terror”
- War, destruction, machismo, muscle-showing but no real power
- Corruption of politics, economy, .. by drug/slavery/finance mafias
2.Some literary examples from history 3.cyclic views on history
- materialist linear tunnel vision.
- Loss of dimensions, stages in life leading to loss of meaning for individual lives=massification/iundustrialisation of humans
4.the story of money/debt
- the story of money/debt:15 quadrillion now, 30-100 trillion officially “missing”
how many zeroes are we short.
- the story of debt, movie, buying/buying/buying
- overvalued properties, undervalued food&work
- over regulation, self-censoring
- life as a prison=no future
established money (fossil-fuel, maffia, slavery, big distribution&tourism) clinging onto an outdated&impossible life model
- planned obsolescence, waste “economy”
- systemic failure of capitalism (universal greed explosion on limited earth)
- loss of quality in tools, materials, … leading people to revalue “real” things
5.anthropocentrism
- the narrow context-thinking now prevalent
- fear of losing life, terror of “wrong” choice
- Narrow context=rationalisation of failure
- The coalition of the hooligan-herd
- Luxury, comfort obsession, a western middle class fad, short term pleasure seeking, no satisfaction=thanatos-drive
- whole scale post-capitalist panic-destruction
- out-ot-bounds individualism/worship of succes (“losers!”)
- the errors of anthropocentrism in the abuses of the current debacle
6.: modern slavery
- metro-boulot-dodo in a panic of continuous scarcity is not an attractive life model to many young people
- artificially created scarcity&fashion driven consumption
- fear/power/dependance nightmare of family
- APARTments with a big lock.
- Fear inducing meekness, feeling of loss of power
- Exclusivity (we or I against them)
- highschool – university
- school-university-work-pension-death
- children as victims (8 parents??), as guiding angels (indigo children, high sensitivity, …), as demi-gods, to be protected&revered because parent’s lives=shit anyway
7.fool yourself
- fooling oneself
- follow the herd
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Utopie 1.Why ? Permaculture as an alternative to post-capitalist materialism ?
- the uprise of the east/south (vandana shiva)
- love as a way of life=paradigmshift
- bend away from governments/corporations. Underground/black market.
- Social cohesion/ social care. Help your neighbour!
- 50 years of bio/organic/small scale resistance (csa, family farms, co-gardening, …)
- systemic thinking, acting, feeling, statistics, internet= we are not alone&powerless+
- women’s liberation through contraception, an evaluation of mitigated results+
- grassroots democracy, a trend feared by centralised power ?
2.Some literary examples from history
- thomas moore utopia 1516
- plato the republic -450
- erasmus lof der zotheid
- edward bellamy looking backwards
- william morris news from nowhere
- yevgeni zamyatin we 1921
- sf writers ’50s us
- hg wells a modern utopia
- teilhard de chardin point omega
- henri bergson creative evolution
- communes from the romantic period frederik van eden
- ’60s explosion of communes, traveling, mind expansion=turn on, tune in, drop out
3.cyclic views on history
- india+greeks= golden-silver-bronze-iron age followed by return to golden age (elias capriles, jung, …)
- kali yuga
- eternal visions
- spiritual revival since the ’60s+esoteric knowledge opened to public since ’40s
- quantum physics
- end of minimal-context objectivism used as a rationale for western colonialism&exploitation
- flatland, a movie from edwin a abbott, example of how life is multi-dimensional
4. the story of post-capitalism
- not giving a fuck about zeros
- lets, freeware, giving, … the many ways of re-valuing life-stuff in an over-abundant rubbish economy
the story of sharing
- Grassroots restructuring going on for those who want to feed/educate their families.
- getting out of the outdated impossible life model
- learning old skills again: blacksmith, leather working,…
- re-use/re-pair/re-cycle, ad infinitum
- bio-mimicry, cradle-to-cradle=nature in its fractal use of energy is so much more efficient than our linear centralised obsessions
5.deep ecology, the revolt from the belly
- meaning in nature=multi-disciplinary, diverse, beyond individual life
- holistic reasoning/medicine/living as more than
- young people taking responsibility against whole scale post-capitalist panic-destruction
- vitality, choosing eros, life starts where the comfort zone ends.
- Socialism/community. re-evaluation of meaningful work, preferably collective=collectives, social work, eco-lieus, co-housing, reconstruction of squats, revival of crafts, survival, alternative house-building,…
- Biocentrism
6. the new tribalism
- walk-”creatively moving boxes”-siesta-weeding-sauna-sleeping together in yurt. In abundance
- abundance choosen by the new “poor”
- learning to live closer to any human, one meets in a fear-driven society=daily courage&spiritual growth
- the power of networks (thanks to internet etc)
- living from a global feeling=inclusivity. (us).
- apprentice-ships, wwoofing, sharing, …
- acceptance of non-linear careers, of sabbaticals, re-orienting one’s life at any stage
- children as beneficiaries from the new education/tribal life-models
7.redesign your life, relationship, community, neighbourhood, town, country
- take stock of the REAL situation
- think global, dream far, aim high as if nothing is holding you back. Act local and start small.
- design the steps towards your dreams, acts, aims using local means, respecting local conditions, step by step
- look around for company
- make an inventory of your collective dreams (dragon dreaming !)
- plan&do what is possible, step by step, verifying results&threats created to your survival&to group cohesion
- take into account that different people have different speeds, that stages in life are typical&can not be avoided
- invite people one by one, never anonymously whole groups= await THEIR real motivation
- freedom to come&go=basic, be flexible, do not take upon you/the group tasks that necessitate many people, media, expensive tools= be ready to assume moments when you will be alone
- exercise new ways of communicating, of working together in small groups&go forward only if all/many have mastered them
- spread by example=avoid mainstream publicity
- look for similar initiatives&offer free collaboration=leave them free to choose every time if they want to collaborate/exchange
- be patient, never forgetting your final aim/dream/destination= do not compromise your dreams in exchange for quick successes
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