Anand visits "We Can Do Hard Things" to explain the origins of inequality, the stories that conceal the nature of oligarchic power, and how to build a better world
From talking with friends, relatives and neighbors, I don't think most or even many of us believe the story we/re being told. After all, it runs so counter to the reality we are experiencing. But we do believe that we don't have power to change the story:" we can't do anything about it" is the response I hear most often about one egregious event or action after another that is perpetrated upon us. Education, courage and leadership to change this false mindsight and mobilize our true power are needed NOW! Thank you, Anand and colleagues for being at the forefront of the fight for democracy.
There's an economic equality principle in Leviticus 25, the Year of Jubilee, that is highly ignored by people who claim to follow the Bible. There are three types of Sabbaths: one day a week for people to rest, one year out of seven years to let the land recuperate, and one year out of forty-nine, the fiftieth year, to reset society when all land goes back to the original owners, debts are canceled, slaves are free. Extensive instructions are given to prorate sales and loans. If this concept were ever to be followed, accumulating wealth and falling into poverty would only extend for fifty years.
I realize these instructions were given to a small nation, yet they clearly express God's desire for equality. Pair that with prohibition of usury and society would look very different!
From talking with friends, relatives and neighbors, I don't think most or even many of us believe the story we/re being told. After all, it runs so counter to the reality we are experiencing. But we do believe that we don't have power to change the story:" we can't do anything about it" is the response I hear most often about one egregious event or action after another that is perpetrated upon us. Education, courage and leadership to change this false mindsight and mobilize our true power are needed NOW! Thank you, Anand and colleagues for being at the forefront of the fight for democracy.
There's an economic equality principle in Leviticus 25, the Year of Jubilee, that is highly ignored by people who claim to follow the Bible. There are three types of Sabbaths: one day a week for people to rest, one year out of seven years to let the land recuperate, and one year out of forty-nine, the fiftieth year, to reset society when all land goes back to the original owners, debts are canceled, slaves are free. Extensive instructions are given to prorate sales and loans. If this concept were ever to be followed, accumulating wealth and falling into poverty would only extend for fifty years.
I realize these instructions were given to a small nation, yet they clearly express God's desire for equality. Pair that with prohibition of usury and society would look very different!
Great discussion! Always appreciate your insight. I am sharing widely.