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All Change or No Change? Culture, Power and Activism in an Unquiet World, Part I

1 February 2017 1 Comment

This is the first article in a three-part series being co-published between Occupy.com and Transnational Institute….

“In this essay, we approach the world from a whole-system perspective. This means looking at those rules, laws, norms and trends that affect the whole planet, rather than any individual nation, region or issue. When you stand back far enough, it becomes clear that dramas of 2016, though vitally important, are nothing like as profound as many are suggesting. In truth, the core logic of the global operating system is going unchallenged. There are hopeful signs from the vanguard of activism, but they are tentative and vulnerable. We argue that far more attention needs to be paid to these whole-system dynamics – to the most fundamental rules of the global operating system. We are in a race against time – against mass species extinction, increasing inequality, ecological collapse, etc. – and every day that we do not try to affect change at the structural level is a day lost.

“In order to make our case, we must not only stand back far enough to see the whole planetary system, but also look into deep history to find the causes of our current crises. Because the events we are witnessing are far more than political; they are cultural. The instincts and assumptions that are driving all this upheaval express core beliefs and logics that have been forged, not over decades or even centuries, but millennia.

“This is a story of power, but perhaps not the traditional kind. The kinds of power we are interested in are the deep currents that are largely unacknowledged in standard political commentary. These forces dance through time like the bubbles in a lava lamp, flowing into and away from each other in continuous dialogue. These are the cultural forces that shape all of our lives at the deepest levels.”

Read the full story by Martin Kirk, Jason Hickel and Joe Brewer….

View on www.occupy.com

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Filed Under: Social, cultural & community evolution Tagged With: activism, change, culture shift, global operating system, planetary system, political power, power, systems change

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  1. Julie Furlong says

    8 February 2017 at 14:10

    I think the time has come when all the nations of the world leave aside their personal interests and come together to bring about a positive change for the benefit of the humanity as a whole. No country in the world can exist in isolation.

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