1/ We're living at a time of planetary emergency, when we urgently need to address climate change, wealth and gender equality, sustainable agriculture, nuclear power, science, AI and more in ways that should have been addressed systemically for the last 25 years.
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2/ When this phase of the crisis ends we'll need to hit the ground running."This phase" because COVID is part of a rolling planetary crisis that's simply begun to reveal itself to more people. We have solutions & the problem-solvers; we need to turn solutions into political force
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3/ It's not just traditional political & economic resistance to change, or even $ in politics that's the problem. It's old thinking, our resistance to change, & our codependent relationship with a system that has failed us miserably but rewarded us just enough to keep us seduced.
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Let me guess, the answer is socialism?
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Replying to @dravencast
I think the most enlightened societies have elements of both socialism and capitalism.

Apr 29, 2020 · 7:03 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
The reason the socialist movements in modern times have failed is because they fail to answer for the crimes committed in the Eastern Bloc in the attempts to "Build Socialism". The authoritarian nature of socialism was exposed in the 20th century for what it was.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Never forget what Socialist governments have done to their citizens. eviemagazine.com/post/how-so…