Posted: 12-06-2011
All realities are interconnected at one point, one level or one dimension or another. Objective reality is what exists outside of your mind independently of your consciousness. Subjective reality is what takes place within your mind. Both objective reality and subjective reality are intimately interconnected. What is a so-called separate reality to someone else is actually a subjective one taking place in the world of the mind and/or a personal situation born of imagination. There is no separate reality out there somewhere in space not part of connected reality. If you find one, come back and let me know. I would most appreciate it. All connected reality is integrated, at least on the quantum level.
The fact remains that we living beings upon Earth are upon the same planet, we occupy the same globe and being alive we are all in our own existential situation here and now in connected reality as individuals. All human beings are of the same family of humankind, unless there is anyone who is an alien being from another planet not of earth. Who knows? We still live in a strange, mysterious and dangerous world.
We share basic common needs for our continued survival: food, clothing, shelter, medical care and quality education. In fact, our striving to meet our basic survival needs should be the basis for our working together in peace and harmony in the world.
Unless you have been in exile on a deserted island you should of read or heard about Occupy Wall Street ~Twitter hashtag #OWS ~On Twitter @OccupyWallSt Liberty Plaza, NYC
LINK: https://occupywallst.org
I myself strongly support #OWS and it should be plain by now that it is still growing, expanding and influencing life in the USA and throughout the world. #OWS has revitalized the once failing and falling progressive movement in the USA. It has been an inspired hope for many progressive activists who support social justice, genuine democracy and humane rights for us here in the USA and throughout the world. #OWS stands against corporate greed symbolized by Wall Street. However, we must make sure not to confuse symbols with substances as they are not always the same. Who among us are middle class comfortably living on Main Street?
In the process of raising consciousness, we must understand the nature of character defects, including greed. As we condemn the inhumane greed of Wall Street we must think about and come to clearly understand just what is involved in all this social resistance and uproar going on. It involves the core economy in general, not merely who is going to be the next President of the United States.
We need to have a basic definition and understanding about what is an 'economy'. Those of us here in the USA are in the nerve centers of the whole corporate capitalist ruling class living under a given economy. Not in never-never land.
Definition of ECONOMY
1 archaic : the management of household or private affairs and especially expenses
2 a : thrifty and efficient use of material resources : frugality in expenditures; also : an instance or a means of economizing : saving b : efficient and concise use of nonmaterial resources (as effort, language, or motion)
3 a : the arrangement or mode of operation of something : organization b : a system especially of interaction and exchange
4 : the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period; also : an economic system
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/economy
"An economy consists of the economic system of a country or other area; the labor, capital and land resources; and the manufacturing, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of that area. An economy may also be described as a spatially limited and social network where goods and services are exchanged according to demand and supply between participants by barter or a medium of exchange with a credit or debit value accepted within the network.
A given economy is the end result of a process that involves its technological evolution, history and social organization, as well as its geography, natural resource endowment, and ecology, as main factors."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy
There is such a thing as common sense. I define common sense in terms of our perception through our five (5) ordinary sense organs: sight, hear, smell, taste and touch. Some people believe in a 6th sense that could be using our sense organs more fully, yet also include an inner intuition wherein we receive insights from other dimensions of reality, as in extrasensory perception or a collective subconsciousness.
It should be common sense to us that we need to look at the whole economics of the global situation. We live in a global economy. Our opinions about politics spring up from our limited understanding of economics. One thing I am not, I am not an economist nor do I pretend to be. Nevertheless, it seems to me that we need to be engaging in meaningful dialogue about the relative merits of democratic socialism vs. corporate capitalism.
1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialism
It should be obvious that there is no longer any U.S.S.R. The People's Republic of China is a good example of state capitalism, not communism. Communism involves there being a classless society without class divisions. There have actually been no classless society in modern times. There were ancient societies that enjoyed a kind of communism or communalism wherein there were no major class divisions that suited the primitive stage of economic development of their prevalent means of production. All the old and new anti-communist fanaticism is without justification and serves the economic interests of those kept in power by authoritarian fascism: the super-rich corporate ruling class. Today we are in a unique historical situation as an endangered species of life.
My primary struggle is in the Inner Cities inside the USA, not in distant egalitarian self-sustaining communities up in the foothills far away and thus not obtainable for the poor repressed people living in urban areas struggling to survive living hand-to-mouth.
Present-day society is composed of two main classes: the 1% of the 'haves' and the 99% of the 'have-nots'. On the basis of each struggling for survival these two main classes are locked into a state of class war wherein one must be the victor and one must be the vanquished. The basic survival interests of the one are in antagonistic violent contradiction to the survival interests of the other. There is no lion and lamb or bull and sheep sleeping together here!
The truth of the matter is that for democratic socialism to come to fruition via a relevant revolution it must be global, not merely local as it is attempting to do in, for example, Cuba. Many Cuban people still suffer. No country is an island that will be left alone, especially if it has rich natural resources .
Isolated territories attempting to build local forms of socialism will always be in danger, always be in jeopardy and always be insecure because of the continued existence of U.S. Imperialism. Not to mention Amerika's drones! We live in a global economy and the U.S. Empire still rules the roost!
The situation in the world is becoming exceedingly complex. We should try to simplify the complex, not complicate the simple. Nevertheless, we must comprehend that complexities do exist in the world and thus our minds must be somewhat complex.
Those of us who are online with Internet Access must help others come onto the Internet. Being online is another dimension in comparison to those who are never online or even hate computers and modern technology. We are expose to a vast variety of viewpoints when we are online and engaging in social networking websites.
We can engage in dialogue and discussion on a variety of issues online, including the merits of socialism vs. capitalism. At the same time we must bring up sober conversations and open up an on-going dialogue with those in our personal lives, especially our loved ones. We must do what we can to integrate connected reality at all levels.
The year of 2011 is coming to a close. There are great expectations about the coming year of 2012. Remember the dreadful Tuesday of 911 came out of nowhere to the masses. Life is often full of unexpected twists and turns.
"It is going to happen that you are going to hear battles and reports of wars.Take heed that you will not be troubled, for it is necessary that all these things should happen, but it will not yet be the end."
Matthew 24:6 ~Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
For me, life is war without set clearly defined terms. All I want for Christmas every year I never get: Peace on Earth!
Namaste ~Che Peta
P.S. As Fidel said long ago, there will be many Ches.
Related Articles and Links:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm
State of Homelessness in America 2011 ~ http://t.co/a4CgqXZ6 VIA @naehomelessness
12-30-2010 ~Around 1.5 million homeless as US enters 2011 (Includes interview) ~ http://digitaljournal.com/article/301929 ~
8/26/2011 ~U.S. Cities Criminalize Homelessness, Violate Human Rights Agreements ~ http://huff.to/q5qOto ~
LINK: National Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.nationalhomeless.org ~ Follow @Ntl_Homeless
Number of Prisoners: 1st place is U S: 2,019,234 & 2nd place is China 1,549,000 ~ http://bit.ly/fybQAq @RonPaul on Twitter
# 1 United States: 2,019,234 prisoners
# 2 China: 1,549,000 prisoners
# 3 Russia: 846,967 prisoners
# 4 India: 313,635 prisoners
# 5 Brazil: 308,304 prisoners
# 6 Thailand: 213,815 prisoners
# 7 Ukraine: 198,386 prisoners
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