I resisted being left wing for a long time, partly because of a fear I had (there's that word again) that if everything were shared out equally nobody would have enough. As I've grown older and seen more of the world I've realised that that fear was deliberately created and fostered in me and others like me by the other side, to keep us in line.
As old John said, gods bless him, this is a rich planet, as long as we don't go and wreck the biosphere beyond repair. We all deserve exactly equal shares in it, according to our specific needs, no more, no less. If that doesn't feel like enough, then that really is our problem. But I don't think it would for most of us.
Having said that, I'm not going to be doing a personal Saint Francis any time soon. But if a potential government comes along that will work honestly towards greater fairness and less privilege, I'll gladly vote for it.
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Date: 2011-04-16 09:46 am (UTC)I resisted being left wing for a long time, partly because of a fear I had (there's that word again) that if everything were shared out equally nobody would have enough. As I've grown older and seen more of the world I've realised that that fear was deliberately created and fostered in me and others like me by the other side, to keep us in line.
As old John said, gods bless him, this is a rich planet, as long as we don't go and wreck the biosphere beyond repair. We all deserve exactly equal shares in it, according to our specific needs, no more, no less. If that doesn't feel like enough, then that really is our problem. But I don't think it would for most of us.
Having said that, I'm not going to be doing a personal Saint Francis any time soon. But if a potential government comes along that will work honestly towards greater fairness and less privilege, I'll gladly vote for it.