On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Andrew W. Austin wrote:
>
> A socialist society, if structured correctly, would have no centralized
> state. Socialist democracy is decentralized, stateless, and classless. If
> the world was comprised of autonomous socialist communities then the need
> for one world government would be rather absent, I think. At least I hope.
>
> Andy
>
Greetings,
Such a "correct" socialist structure has had no functioning model as of
yet (at least since the advent of the agricultural "revolution" in that
some argue that tribal nomadic societies generally approximate a
"socialist" society *I find the evidence for this mixed at best*).
In fact, such a conceptual model may not be consistent with the intrinsic
dynamics of human social ecology as it exists at present. In other words,
it may be that "you can't get there from here". Certainly, the self styled
socialist societies up till now have been highly centralized entities in
the social, political and economic realms.
Possibly, a more functional goal would be a decentralized system of
increasing economically (and thus potentially socio/politically)
autonomous "regions" that are "bound" by a centralized global system of
standards and values derived from as generalized a consensus as is
possible. Such a system can promote greater levels of individual
participation in local planning and fiscal matters and potentially
provide vital social innovation, the variation a global system will
require to adapt in a sustainable manner to the ever volatile future.
At least there are some working micro models as precedence for such a
future (as opposed to the "correct" socialist concept).
Regards,
Christopher M Robinson
The Humboldt Sustainable Community Project
The HumboldtNation <http://www.humnat.org>
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