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Dictatorship (Turkey Russia,
China,, etc.) are good at managing uniformity while democracies (Europe, NAFTA,
Japan Australia, etc.) are good at managing diversity. Unfortunately, the unbridled
capitalism of the last 20 years is unsustainable for mankind and the
environment and worldwide discontent is growing. But the actual path forward is one
backward: return to oligarchy and dictatorship, including nationalism.
Life history is a development
from a survival focused on the individual to a survival focused on the many. Bee colonies
for example, although evolutionary speaking an extraordinary achievement in terms of
evolution, fall short in many aspects, not the least because of its low value
for the individual., which at the end spells
extinction for many hives. Without entering further into the value of creativity
and value (which is an individual characteristics before it can be summed for a
society), in spite of the fact that managing uniformity has demonstrated its evolutionary
and social disadvantages when compared to the management of diversity, we are tempted to
go back to dictatorship when confronted with the damage done by asocial
capitalism. As a note asocial capitalism is in every dictatorship, just well
hidden.
The point is that for Europe
and other democracies now to go back to dictatorship and nationalism
(uniformity) is to go away from the only advantage won over the years, the only
advantage we have over dictatorship, and the only tool to manage a sustainable
just, thriving society. The existing dictatorships have a much longer
experience and are at better at it than any democracy can ever be if they try
to go back. It should be clear that in a global setting there is nothing for
democracies to get from such a backward movement. Additionally, democracies have a great base to
further develop managing diversity in a more human way. Evolutionary speaking,
it is clear that managing diversity is the path, if we are to make it as a species. Just as a reminder, dictatorship (being ruled
by a few) was a natural first step of our early socialization (whatever the
rule, i.e. tribal or religious leaders), but now societies around the word are
beyond this: communism, tribalism, Patriarchalism, and value-less capitalism
are imploding.
More than ever, we need to
have the courage to move forward (managing diversity) instead of the “known” backward (dictatorship/nationalism). Tools like Swarmship
are being used with enormous success where they are developed and used. They
ask for a value-based system, as oppose to a power/richness based-system and
the few profiting from the present force/violence system are not really willing
to let go. The point is that even for
them there is no future. Nevertheless, Swarmship has a gentle force (true
strength , since violence is only the illusion of strength) through which we
progressively as a society (as a whole ) can move toward a more humane social
state. This will allow for the use of the
talent/education/experience/dedication/courage/creativity of the group as
oppose to the power of the few.
What is needed for this to occur
more rapidly as earth and conflicts have that forward timelessness? Each and
every one of us needs to move from our inner fear of change and diversity to
the capacity to look and engage with diversity (without fear nor violence).
Without these abilities, which are part of global citizen abilities, it is not
possible for an individual the engage diversity authentically. Contrary to math
and languages we have not been trained to be good at these but the training
format is known for about 30 years as it has been developed by a few
development aid institutions who wanted their development workers to work at
eye to eye level with the partners in the country where they were sent in order to create the beginning of a level
playing field (which is also so dearly needed in the trade area).
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