Thanks for raising these important questions, Seth - I mean questioning whether the system under which we now operate is perhaps the naive point of view in contrast to the idea of being stewards of the land and arriving at good ways to determine who gets the use of the land 'for now'.
Beautiful, Seth. You have invited us to an amazingly practical picture way beyond the dichotomy of communism (socialism) vs capitalism. The question you resolve so well (with Steiner's help) is how can we find a way to continually have the best people in charge of the resources that produce what the community at large needs? Meritocracy sounds too much like a government scheme that can be tricked. Electing management via a smart mob would be prone to false advertising. Passing on leadership from capable to capable sounds worth exploring... a hybrid solution where everyone with good will wins!
Thank you, Seth, for such a well-written examination of Steiner. He's always been a favorite of mine, though I find his writings so dense and often inscrutable! You really brought clarity here.
Such synchronicity in reading this article today. I watched Dances With Wolves last night (for the first time -- not sure how/why I missed it 30 years ago!) and am pondering the implications of Steiner's thoughts as they relate to original Native American populations. Perhaps there are no parallels to be drawn, since a society like the Native Americans' did not separate themselves from the earth on which they lived and from which they received sustenance. Individual land "ownership" was not a conceivable concept; land use was tribal and regional.
Have we human beings strayed so far from that way of life, that we can never return? Or is there a way to at least integrate some of the wisdom of those tribal cultures into our modern industrially-influenced beliefs?
Nice work,Seth. Long enough to address the deep issues of ownership while staying focused on transfer of wealth.
The issue of awareness of the community is at the core of so many struggles and the divisiveness of political camps. Am I in this for myself and family, or am I connected to others, the community, the earth.
- "The Fight for the Right to Trespass" (2023), a great article on British activists fighting to expand the commons and for the kind of "right to roam" that already exists in Scotland and much of Scandinavia. Read it (https://shorturl.at/cgkwF) or listen (you can find it on your podcast player or here https://shorturl.at/kqAOU).
Thanks for raising these important questions, Seth - I mean questioning whether the system under which we now operate is perhaps the naive point of view in contrast to the idea of being stewards of the land and arriving at good ways to determine who gets the use of the land 'for now'.
Beautiful, Seth. You have invited us to an amazingly practical picture way beyond the dichotomy of communism (socialism) vs capitalism. The question you resolve so well (with Steiner's help) is how can we find a way to continually have the best people in charge of the resources that produce what the community at large needs? Meritocracy sounds too much like a government scheme that can be tricked. Electing management via a smart mob would be prone to false advertising. Passing on leadership from capable to capable sounds worth exploring... a hybrid solution where everyone with good will wins!
Thank you, Seth, for such a well-written examination of Steiner. He's always been a favorite of mine, though I find his writings so dense and often inscrutable! You really brought clarity here.
Such synchronicity in reading this article today. I watched Dances With Wolves last night (for the first time -- not sure how/why I missed it 30 years ago!) and am pondering the implications of Steiner's thoughts as they relate to original Native American populations. Perhaps there are no parallels to be drawn, since a society like the Native Americans' did not separate themselves from the earth on which they lived and from which they received sustenance. Individual land "ownership" was not a conceivable concept; land use was tribal and regional.
Have we human beings strayed so far from that way of life, that we can never return? Or is there a way to at least integrate some of the wisdom of those tribal cultures into our modern industrially-influenced beliefs?
Nice work,Seth. Long enough to address the deep issues of ownership while staying focused on transfer of wealth.
The issue of awareness of the community is at the core of so many struggles and the divisiveness of political camps. Am I in this for myself and family, or am I connected to others, the community, the earth.
Pick your issue. There’s me and there’s us.
RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS ARTICLE:
- "The Fight for the Right to Trespass" (2023), a great article on British activists fighting to expand the commons and for the kind of "right to roam" that already exists in Scotland and much of Scandinavia. Read it (https://shorturl.at/cgkwF) or listen (you can find it on your podcast player or here https://shorturl.at/kqAOU).