[P2P-F] michigan developments

Thu Apr 28 19:42:30 CEST 2011

certainly in the U.S. the whole system seems structurally 'stacked' against
new political forces emerging outside of the 2 party system ...

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Dear Sam,
> >
> > issues of power seem part of every social movement, but perhaps they are
> > heigthened in party-political structures, as you seem to suggest,
> >
> > I hope your own experiment will show a way forward that marries political
> > efficicay and a way to avoid the  issues you are highlighting,
> >
> > however, I don't think I agree that these dynamics are what caused the
> fall
> > of the greens in michigan, since they appear in every political party,
> and
> > many of them are successfull even with such dynamics,
> >
> > so my hunch is the problem was another one,
> >
> > Michel
> >
>
>
> I think the dynamics, coupled with the lack of literacies of effective
> and trust based participation seemed to be the biggest problem. In
> other areas of the world and other cultures, the dynamics may emerge,
> but people are able to sort through them and move on. Here it seems
> with new political parties that there is a pathology that attracts a
> bad element, who co-opt and hijack. Many of the new party efforts seem
> to never recover from this. It may just be a part of our culture here.
>
>
> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Michel Bauwens
> >> <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > thank you Sam,
> >> >
> >> > my own task, but I have not made tremendous progress, was to be to map
> >> > out
> >> > commons -oriented policy proposals that are emerging,
> >> >
> >> > 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:
> >> >>
> >> >> 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
> >> >>
> >> >> 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.
> >> >>
> >> >> 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,
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> http://lansingonlinenews.com/news/video-virg-bernero-on-rachel-maddow-warning-about-emergency-financial-managers/
> >> >> >
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> >> Sam Rose
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> Sam Rose
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