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by "communal value" i do not necessarily mean a centralized pool funded by taxation. i mean Earth. the family unit is not equipped to deal with problems on that level, but that's where governments operate.

saying governments should or shouldn't do things while focusing on an insufficient solution to Earth sized problems is not really solving anything.

your hot take is a distraction from the larger grifts. governmental power is here to stay (for better and worse, there are always trade-offs), largely because there are many governments fighting for dominance.

we need to transform governance, not dismiss it.

James A Lewis 2y ago

> Earth sized problems

This is the problem paradigm. We are too concerned with earth's problems and not concerned enough about our neighbors'. Localize your efforts and you will find progress and fulfillment.

If each locale solves its own local problems, no global problem needs solving. Global problems are the sum of local problems.

To "Love thy neighbor" is the second greatest command of the greatest man to walk the earth, but He said nothing of loving earth. Zoom in, not out.

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🤦🏼‍♀️ 2y ago

economic supply chains, monetary policy, and military action make us all neighbors. we're interconnected. ignoring that solves nothing and ripens you for exploitation (tho IMO that's already happened).

local matters, don't get me wrong, but if you zoom in *right now* you're just pretending your actions don't have the reach they actually possess and externalizing real, tangled, obtuse problems.