"Simplicity is indeed incompatible with bureaucracy and huge centralized organizations.....Just as simplicity means radical change in our life-styles, it would also mean radical change in the structures of society. We should welcome those changes. Yes, simplicity would lead to a new economic system."

~ Arthur Gish

#SimpleLiving #RadicalChange #SocietalChange

Mondragon - proof of concept - not because they did it perfectly or bc they're flawless - they made it work - they're competitive and most of all: it scales beautifully.

https://medium.com/fifty-by-fifty/mondragon-through-a-critical-lens-b29de8c6049

They're still flawed humans, like the rest of us.
... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But there is a huge potential, esp. for change in the right direction and a peaceful transition into a different socio-economic society.

#politics #cooperative #societalChange #democracy #oneWorldProblems #socioEconomics #Mondragon

This is how #gender balance looks like in 2022 at #COP27. The photo of world leaders by UNFCCC sais it all.
#ClimateJustice #ClimateChange #SocietalChange

(post inspired and adapted by Diego Arguedas Ortiz)

"There’s something magical about teenagers making a stand, and history is almost always on their side, writes Brannavan Gnanalingam."

#protest #youth #societalchange

https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-sunday-essay/04-04-2021/the-sunday-essay-when-the-young-stand-up/