[P2P-F] michigan developments

Thu Apr 28 19:24:49 CEST 2011

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Michel Bauwens
<michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> thank you Sam,
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> my own task, but I have not made tremendous progress, was to be to map out
> commons -oriented policy proposals that are emerging,
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> the Pirate Party also has an interesting approach,  based on 8 principles
> which when combined, given an indication of how a principled policy would
> look like, see the falkvinge blog for that
>

Back in 2000 election, we had the Green Party emerge very strongly
here in Michigan. Then, in my opinion, as often happens here in the US
with efforts that start out as more egalitarian and progressive, the
initiative of the Green Party was quickly overwhelmed by people who
saw it as a platform to push their own quest for celebrity, or
personal agendas, or quests for power and authority over others. The
Green Party of Michigan then quickly fell apart around 2001. I think
that the internet actually helped to fuel *both* the rapid growth
*and* the rapid deterioration here. The "commons" of people's time and
energy and goodwill, and trust, were quickly sapped, co-opted and
wasted by people who wanted to put their agendas, and their insistence
that people "do it my way" above the greater goals of most of the
people involved. Internet email lists gave them an around the clock
platform to pump out propaganda, dominate discussions, and even harass
people.

It is for this reason in part that I am compelled to seek a non-party
route for progressives here in Michigan. Sure, we can work with
existing parties. However, investing energies into putting the party
and platform above people and their actual problems tends to
consistently attract a really destructive element. So, I think a key
here is trust first. Each participant has a way to work out trust with
the others. if there is any party platform, let it be a *trust*-based
platform. Technology really is not the full answer here, either.
Neither is full answer community currency, nor open source hardware or
software (although these are in my opinion components towards an
effective shift in a positive direction that can help the majority of
people struggling here). The problem is within the minds of people. We
here in Michigan need to ***learn how to finally build real
relationships of trust*** over and above anything else.  Maybe
technologies can help, but human learning trumps technology here.
(this email will be re-worked to be part of the blog post). Trust,
real empathy and compassion for other people, and a positive insight
that there is a path towards resolving the existing problems is the
most effective focus. So, I am really committed to the idea of
rejecting creating a new political party in favor of creating a
permanent effort for peer to peer political advocacy, learning,
re-ignition of local connections of trust and ethical wealth creation,
and this effort can collaborate and lend power to existing political
parties that are aligned with our goals.

> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I will do this. I have to get these blogging requests into my
>> schedule, starting this Sat likely. I won't be able to move much on
>> any of it until then. My good friend writes those articles for Lansing
>> Online News, so for sure can reference that, and will think about how
>> this maps to a p2p political advocacy perspective. I am trying to
>> build a relationship with the guy at the end of that video (Lansing
>> Mayor Virg Bernero) around the Michigan Transformation concepts
>> http://p2pfoundation.net/Michigan:_The_Transformation_Manifesto
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>> In my opinion, these are signs of a collapsing 20th century economy,
>> with Michigan, Iceland, Greece, Ireland, Spain, and other places at
>> the forefront of it. We could frankly use the help of people worldwide
>> interested in p2p perspectives to think about how to move forward here
>> in Michigan. I think there is a real opportunity, and I'll break out
>> some of the research over the summer that we are doing with The Five
>> Commons Report in Future Forward Institute to address things that are
>> specific to this area, which hopefully will help people get a better
>> idea. Also will think about an effective way to "map and model" the
>> situation here.
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>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > hi sam,
>> >
>> > you haven't yet featured the internationally underreported michigan
>> > situation yet,
>> >
>> > this would be a good starting point,
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>> > http://lansingonlinenews.com/news/video-virg-bernero-on-rachel-maddow-warning-about-emergency-financial-managers/
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