Wendell Berry's poetry is quite moving, and he paints a valid picture of the value of a communitarian, agrarian life for all.

Which, if we only had a few million people on Earth, might be a real goal to strive for.

But we have 8 billion now, and we shouldn't even want to be rid of those real human beings. Communitarian agrarianism doesn't scale to 8 billion people.

So what do we do in the situation we find ourselves in?

#communitarian #WendellBerry #agrarianism #socialism #poetry

former #PoliticalScience grad student, #philosophy undergrad, focus areas included #politicalpsych, #socialphilosophy , #politicaltheory, and #politicaleconomy.

#AntiFascist and #communitarian. But, also a pragmatist who believes stable, successful social progress takes time and is (mostly) incremental.

Looking forward to interesting reads and conversations. I love debate, but hope we all practice the #principleofcharity in our discourse.

#introduction

If you are younger than a certain age and have never been a part of an idiosyncratic web forum, #IRC, some weird small social network/site, check out one of the essential histories of #communitarian living in early #cyberspace: THE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY by @hrheingold. It was assigned reading in a summer class I took at Johns Hopkins in 1995 on text-based virtual reality. Hopeful, uplifting, insightful, realistic.

And now, extremely relevant all over again. Know your (our) history!

If you are younger than a certain age and have never been a part of an idiosyncratic web forum, #IRC, some weird small social network/site, check out one of the essential histories of #communitarian living in early #cyberspace: THE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY by @hrheingold. It was assigned reading in a SUMMER class I took at Johns Hopkins in 1995 on text-based virtual reality. Hopeful, uplifting, insightful, realistic.

And now, extremely relevant all over again. Know your (our) history!

The role for the #State under my version of #communitarianism looks like this #communitarian #mmt

Extracts from The case for Universal Basic Services (#UBS) by Anna Coote

Since discovering #MMT & associating with & being influenced by true progressives my ideals have shifted to a State supported democratic commons

This is sometimes called communitarianism but not a lot of #communitarian seem to like State involvement. I sit in the larger highlighted area.

One I'd like to add is #communitarian

(Re-)#introduction
So, I came here from Twitter, for Reasons. I'm learning the ropes here at Mastodon, and have high hopes based on what I've seen.

I'm interested in #birds, #history, #urban infrastructure, #cycling, #Chicago, trends in #sciencefiction literature, and the #communitarian ethos. I love promoting the work of writers. But I always seem to drift into political discussions, because such are the times we live in.

Hello, all! Let me introduce myself.
— I’m a Conservative Friend (a member of that tiny branch of #Quakers that leans toward what Quakers were centuries ago).
— My 1971 B.A. in #anthropology made me a #communitarian.
— Since the ’80s, an #environmentalist in sympathy with Aldo Leopold, Brower, Soulé, &c.
— In Colorado 1973-2003; came to Billings, #Montana in 2015.
— Not fleeing the bird site, but jaded on FB. This place seems a breath of fresh air in comparison!

#introduction
So, I came here from Twitter, for Reasons (I think we all know what they are). I'm learning the ropes here at Mastodon, and have high hopes based on what I've seen.

I'm interested in #birds, #history, urban infrastructure, #cycling, #Chicago, trends in #sciencefiction literature, and the #communitarian ethos. But I always seem to drift into political discussions, because such are the times we live in.