Comments on: Embracing the Values of Sustainable and Democratic Societies (part 1) https://freedomsurvival.org/embracing-the-values-of-sustainable-and-democratic-societies-part-1/ Social movement strategy for a sustainable and democratic society Fri, 16 Aug 2024 05:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin https://freedomsurvival.org/embracing-the-values-of-sustainable-and-democratic-societies-part-1/#comment-1182 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 23:04:22 +0000 https://freedomsurvival.org/?p=1520#comment-1182 In reply to Kathy Masis.

Thank you for the kind words and for sharing these resources, Kathy! I’ll look into them. I’ve come across the concept of “right relationship” in a couple places, and I currently see it as a unifying theme for the values of the societies we must create. It’s great to hear that you’re already doing this sort of introspection about values–I hope to encourage lots of people to do the same.

Regards,
Aaron

]]> By: Kathy Masis https://freedomsurvival.org/embracing-the-values-of-sustainable-and-democratic-societies-part-1/#comment-1181 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:36:11 +0000 https://freedomsurvival.org/?p=1520#comment-1181 I applaud your investigations into Conscious Values Shifts. I have been examining my behavior and values in light of challenges and advice I was given by Dine’ and Northern Plains Tribal people in the work setting. Right relationships, respect, consent, and reciprocity are among the ideas and values I did not bring with me from the dominant society. Tyson Yunkaporta’s book “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking can Save the World” has been helpful to me, as have the interviews in “We are the Middle of Forever” by Dahr Jamall and Stan Rushworth. Values that underlie our governing include the Doctrine of Discovery. It is from the 15th Century and pervades our society still. Most people I talk to have never heard of it. Darcia Narvaes’ work is another recommendation. “Hospicing Modernity” by Vanessa Andreotti Thank you for taking on this important work.

]]> By: Lorna Salzman https://freedomsurvival.org/embracing-the-values-of-sustainable-and-democratic-societies-part-1/#comment-1179 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 01:37:46 +0000 https://freedomsurvival.org/?p=1520#comment-1179 There is one omission in virtually all the aspirations for ecological sanity that we find today: the unavoidable influence of evolution on human behavior and relationships and society. Without this understanding, human values and practices will be at odds with the desirable solution or outcome. Inherited innate human actions and choices in the past were either adaptive or nonadaptive (in which case the practices or the individual’s reproductive capacity are adversely affected; the chief example of this is incest, where offspring were defective and thus passed on fewer offspring with those tendencies. Today, we are taught in anthropology classes about primitive human society but have failed to find or implement choices which are adaptive. Weapons and technology enable us to exceed limits that were put on our distant ancestors, even though the consequences of nonadaptive behavior may occur, which we accept as inevitable side effects provided there are some benefit. We must instill evolutionary knowledge in our behavior and policies in order to not create ill side effects as well as help humans adapt willingly to better behavior and social relationships.

]]> By: admin https://freedomsurvival.org/embracing-the-values-of-sustainable-and-democratic-societies-part-1/#comment-1177 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 23:25:23 +0000 https://freedomsurvival.org/?p=1520#comment-1177 In reply to gus speth.

Thank you for this resource, Gus! I’ll be sure to check it out.

Regards,
Aaron

]]> By: gus speth https://freedomsurvival.org/embracing-the-values-of-sustainable-and-democratic-societies-part-1/#comment-1176 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 23:15:19 +0000 https://freedomsurvival.org/?p=1520#comment-1176 https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/fes-pubs/5/

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