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
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.
I consider The Cider House Rules to be one of the greatest #pragmatist novels.
What are other novels, short stories, or novellas that you find to be very pragmatist?
Perhaps it touches on:
-#Democracy as a way of life
-Social nature of truth
-Naturalism
-#Communitarian ethos
-Experience over abstract reason
-Solidarity with others
-Skeptical of #fundamentalism, #scientism, literalism
-Practical consequences of ideas
-Humans as active agents
-Language as a tool
-#Egalitarianism
-#Pluralism
(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.