The sickness of Earth requires us to become more radical. Because when we see that the system is unable to regulate itself to take care of Earth, it shows that the system doesnt work. The foundations has to change. The discussion has to be, how did the system lead us here? And how can we rebuild society from a healthy foundation?
Being radical is necessary.
But we are not radical in our language. Even those who conciders themselves radicals are very conservative with their word usage.
In particular, we keep on using words from academia, capitalism and classical left wing think tanks. The communist will talk about the borgoisie and proletariat - The climate activists will talk about co2 footprint, the consumer and overconsumption - The academia frames everything in terms of problems and solutions.
We need to examine the words we use, and allow ourselves to relight our language towards a remediated language. Where we stop being part of the machine, and start being part of the global networks of life in Earth.
Because without the willingness of changing your language, you show unwillingness to be the change you want to see.
In this spirit, I have made the thinktank oakism. Founded on 5 frames.
Cohold ٨٨ - To help those who needs it. Allmen ٨ - Let humans be in center of power, not grippers. Degrip 🪰 - To prevent grip. Nurture 🌻 To grow ourselves and our peers. Colife 🐝 To live with, not against nature and our peers.
Oakism is an approach to remediate Earth. To concisely pinpoint attitudes that remediates, and also makes it very visual. Because humans has easier to grasp words when they are visual.
- I know this post is kind of a mess, but I just wanted to post something.
Saw your post earlier today and thought it was interesting. Let me just share these thoughts for the sake of sharing thoughts like in a brain storm session :
I wouldnt identify as a progressive, because I am not a follower of progress through governments.
I rather want us to move our society away from governments and capital, because I view them as grippers.
Instead I want power to be where people are at. Empowered by for example the oakism framework that will guide them into having good language, attitudes and actions. That includes a response to what happens if somebody unjustifiably takes grip.