Re: Fw: human rights and national sovereignty/ is an oxymoron

In a message dated 5/3/99 10:41:32 PM, upf@upf.org writes:

<<  I'd be curious to know of at least one successful example of practical
>  implementation of this idea. It needs just a trifle - radical change of 
human
> nature.
>>

There have been many examples of anarchistic communities and groups. I was 
involved with Food Not Bombs of San Francisco for 8 years. This group of all 
volunteers operates successfully. Cooking and serving free vegetarian meals 
to the homeless every night since 1988, even while being arrested over 3000 
times for this activity. Christiana, a community of 5000 in Copenhagen has 
survived gov't. attacks for almost 30 years successfully. There was a great 
anarchist community in Spain that was crushed with the help of Hitler in 
1939. There are many,many other examples. It could only work on a global 
scale, if the groundwork is laid before the fall of civilization(euphemism 
for barbarity) as we know it. Then, it would be possible to transform the 
paradigm painlessly and quickly, once and for all. One must surmise that 
everyone carries in their heart this dream.

As far as "human character", this is IMHO very unsophisticated to assume 
human character is bad. Anyone knows that anyone can behave as a saint or a 
devil and anything in between from moment to moment. Our current society 
based on the narrow view in which all decisions are based on the "bottom 
line", diminishes all that is of grace and beauty in our existence. The 
result is a degraded world on every level that is not sustainable. Alienation 
is the result, which leads to the dysfunctional behavior that you 
characterize as the way humans are. Put humans under conditions that are 
natural and fair, and you will see beautiful people.

										
						One Family,
										
						Tom O (bagelhole1)