Re: Centripetal & Holograhpic models

Dear Warren:
In your answer to RKM you mention as the main goal:
A COHERENT MOVEMENT TO BUILD AN EARTH-CONSERVING, JUSTICE-DEALING WORLD
CIVILIZATION. 
You both agree that Capitalism cannot be reformed and also seem no to favor
traditional Marxism, but do not clearly indicate what alternative you have
in mind.
This omission is crucial, because in our time no movement can be
successful, that does no try to address the immense problems facing
humanity in the near future, the
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AN EXPONENTIAL POPULATION GROWTH VERSUS A FIXED
AMOUNT OF RESOURCES.

To face this challenge we need:
1. An effective organization of the means of production, capable of
satisfying the basic means of existing populations and
2. Effective ways of convincing humanity of the need for stopping and, if
possible, reversing this population growth.

For this purpose we need ways of organizing production, which avoid the
grave shortcomings of both present day neo-liberal, laissez faire
Capitalism and of Soviet-style Central planning and Party dictatorship and
we do not have a lot of time for experimenting with untried new ideas.
 
I personally believe that there are societies that have already come near
to approaching such a goal through combining the best features of both
systems and they did it coming from both extremes.
They are:
1. Scandinavian countries, practicing REFORMED CAPITALISM, distributing
their considerable wealth in reasonably equitable ways, without losing
their productivity, based on private property and initiative.
2. Cuba practicing a REFORMED SOCIALISM, which maintains a great degree of
equality and widely distributed services, but increased its productivity
through inviting capitalist investment in several important sectors of
their economy.

Both sides might need further reforms, but they prove that
REFORMS ARE VIABLE AND ARE OUR BEST HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE.

Regards         Paul Riesz