In 1949, French female philosopher, Simone de Beauvoir, published a multi-perspective two-volume book, Le Deuxième Sexe (The Second Sex). A single sentence at the beginning earned it a worldwide place on the banned books list: “On ne naît pas femme: on le deviant (One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman).” In it, Beauvoir argues that women are not naturally meek, subservient and servile, they are simply conditioned that way from birth by parents and socio-cultural indoctrination into being that way. See earlier post about more on this topic. In a non-androgenous society (as I said two posts ago), men and women are conditioned into roles of dominance and subservience. In an androgynous society, men are still masculine and women are still feminine, but what matters is how both genders recognize how they express their male and female energy in a balanced and cooperative way.
“Androgynous societies are cultural settings where gender roles and identities are fluid, allowing for the integration of both masculine and feminine traits in individuals. In these societies, traditional expectations of gender are often blurred, fostering a more inclusive understanding of gender that challenges binary classifications. This flexibility can lead to a variety of expressions and roles that do not conform strictly to societal norms typically associated with male or female identities. Androgynous societies often have social structures that support diverse gender expressions, allowing individuals to take on roles traditionally associated with either gender without stigma. In some cultures, androgyny is celebrated and recognized as a distinct identity, contributing to the overall diversity of gender representations within those societies. The acceptance of androgynous identities can lead to greater social harmony and reduce gender-based discrimination by promoting equality across different gender expressions” easysociology.com.
I bring this up yet again, to emphasize how much of the way we live is from an unquestioned, and conditioned perspective. This rigid gender conditioning is everywhere in our human socio-cultural world. The same is also true of how we approach our way of living, especially how we accept the modern capitalist system without question – even if we don’t like it – simply because ‘it is just the way the world works.’ I.e., The rich get richer and the poor remain that way, except for a short period within the last century when we got a larger middle class than ever before; but even now this abnormality in the current capitalist economic system is diminishing rapidly.
“The age of [capitalist] abundance is ending. What follows will not be the end of the world, but the end of the world we mistook for normal” Cole Burnham. I am always amazed at the lament, “How do we fix the system.” You can’t fix the system, it isn’t broken. It is working just as it was designed by the Cabal, and we are not the ones meant to benefit from it – just service it.
I hear a lot of talk about how the billionaires are the problem and that they should be taxed more. This is a controversial idea. It presumes that merely redistributing global wealth is the solution to poverty and inequity, and of course that taxing the rich will magically make the world better for everyone. That is the distracting big tweak solution. Let me say it yet again. We cannot tweak our way out of our global problems. The problem is a material-consumer worldview with an economic system that justifies inequity, destruction extraction, and economic dominance as part of its core values. We will always need material things to live, but how all that is structured and managed is the key point of difference in a sustainable future versus the Cabal’s global control vision. That’s the technical side of the issue.
“Treating poverty as a simple redistribution problem flatters our desire for easy answers. It is emotionally satisfying to believe society’s problems could be solved if wealthy people simply paid more taxes. But poverty has survived under nearly every political and economic system humanity has created. That alone should force people to confront the reality that the issue is deeper, more structural, and more complicated than a single slogan. Because solving poverty requires more than moving money around” Christine Lorelie.
I will keep it as simple as possible to highlight the main points that ‘will be’ addressed as we move into a new sustainable age for humanity, or further ignored if we complacently let ourselves fall into a new kind of neo-feudalism. We have to choose the new kind of sustainable world. To not choose is to let the dystopian hierarchical system remain in control.
Androgyny is but one major factor in our move to a sustainable future. Another is the economy of how we create and manage the technologies, services and goods that make our lives comfortable (if we can currently afford them). What we have now is an economic system rooted in scarcity that promotes greed. That single point of scarcity is paramount for change; “If you do not have a perception of scarcity, greed is nonexistent” Sustainable Human. That core believe of created scarcity is what keeps us trapped in the dysfunctional system, even when we revolt against it. A brilliant multi-millennia-long strategy by the controlling hierarchies.
We’ve had societies of slavery and serfdom running us for millennia. More recently as we revolted and formed more democratic societies, the hierarchy changed its conditioning to that of capitalist employer and employee. But what changed? The bars of the enslavement that keep us compliant merely became unseeable. It is still a case of manipulating the system to maintain the flow of monetary wealth up to the financial elites. Once Emperors, Kings, and lords, (etc.), they are now Bankers, Hegde-Fund managers, Corporate CEOs, etc.
If you are feeling a tad shell-shocked and despondent, don’t despair. There really is a fix. Rebuild a new system for ourselves and let the Cabal’s system fail – we don’t need it and should stop trying to fix it. We empower ourselves to be sovereign and work for each other instead ‘of the man.’ But stepping away from millennia of negative conditioning takes courage. Instead of Greed we must choose to trust and cooperate with each other in a system of Cooperativism and equity (see last post for my clarification about equity and equality).
Cooperativism is NOT that dreaded idea of Marxism that capitalists fear so much. While both terms propose to address inequality. But Marxism advocates for a state-controlled economy with state-led abolition of private property and a classless society usually through violent revolution. Cooperativism on the other hand emphasizes decentralized, member-owned organizations and voluntary cooperation that is independent of the state and encourages self-sovereignty motivated by mutual benefit.
Cooperativism communities can be defined as, “autonomous associations of individuals who voluntarily come together to fulfill shared needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically managed enterprise. Key principles include mutual aid, democracy, equity, and solidarity, with decisions made on a one-member, one-vote basis, regardless of financial contribution. Cooperatives prioritize both economic and social development, emphasizing people-centered management rather than solely profit generation” archivohistorico.coop/ fundacionespriu.coop. Localized cooperative systems will lead to a larger sharing caring economy framed through mindsets of abundance.
“A worldview that respects limits, cycles, and the specific ‘spirit of the place’ — will not need to be invented by intellectuals. It will emerge from the place itself as we come to know the place for the first time. Doing so will be the only way to persist long term. Failure is allowed. Nature is unkind. We do not need a better Watchmaker. We need a Gardener — but one who knows that the garden dictates the rules, not the gardener” Eric Lee.
Once we begin to think creatively with respect for all humanity and respect for our global natural systems, we can apply real wisdom to technology that repairs what we’ve damaged and builds systems that can endure sustainably. This will require effort but it will be worth it as our quality of life builds with happiness, joy and self-fulfillment increasingly evident. We will move into the future with a greater vision of equity for life and a worldview that understands the spiritual and ecological connectivity that will allow the planet and humanity to thrive. This is not just a dream but a new and real vision of health, happiness and a new kind of prosperity.
Next steps? To Be Continued…………………
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