| God has spoken: Communitarian Capitalism is the way of the future
Communitarian Capitalism: a Dual Economic System
10% of top exec salaries + 10% of stock market profits could easily pay for the the entire U.S. Social Security System with cradle to grave medical insurance coverage.
Since we know that the Capitalist economic system embraces and exalts liars, e.g., salesmen, lawyers and politicians, let's get rid of it and switch to a more honorable and of course fairer system: the Communitarian Capitalist system proposed here in outline form, is a model for such a better economic system:
The basic idea behind Communitarian Capitalism as a Dual Economic System is the simple humanitarian one that every human being on earth can be adequately fed and sheltered and given a decent life if we, as a universal human community, agree to share our knowledge and access to basic natural resources and basic community supporting technologies.
Two-Tier Economic System
All who read and digest the historical record of human technological advancement understand that it is not because information does not exist for setting up community self- sufficiency systems but that free market economic systems discourage such cooperative innovations in order for a relatively few to benefit in monopoly ownerships of the means of production.
But our aim here is to create a two-tier economic system: One where the basic support systems of human community life and well-being are cooperatively produced instead of capitalistically produced for monetary profit.
This leaves room for a free-enterprise system for production and distribution of all the goods and services over and above the basic minimum level, e.g., one may be entitled to a basic wardrobe set of clothes but anything fancy would be up to the individual to acquire through the free-market economy in non-essential items.
The guiding principle is not equal distribution of society's wealth but equitable distribution that allows for adjustments to actual economic realities and not a rigid coercive template forced on people whether they like it or not.
Pretty darn simple but convincing people to see the advantages of such a system takes complex explanations because of so much capitalist system supporting cultural conditioning in our society.
Jesus and the early Christians would know what I'm talking about and so do my tribal friends but for the U.S. citizen, they find it next to impossible to think they could do without their Fords, Sonys and Safeways even though Winco and our Co-ops are doing quite well.
Habitat for Humanity returns the spirit of the homestead house and barnraising, pitching in to help your neighbor. It's only a start but so much time and money could be saved while reinforcing community bonds.
Beyond Communitarian Capitalism..
The Gift Economy of the Future
The ultimate economic system communitarian capitalism leads to will be a Gift Economy where life-long social security is a given and everyone is economically secure in their lives.
In a Gift economy, things are exchanged as special gifts because the basics and even a lot of luxuries of life are easily obtained through advanced automation and robotics.
With material want removed from the human condition, humanity can blossom in its new role as guardians and caretakers of all life on Earth and wherever we go in the Universe.
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