Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Thoughts

I would start with something more recent to test the waters.  For example, in the aftermath of WWI, I would endeavor to establish the Universal declaration of Human rights, namely, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care, and necessary social services,” rather than Mussolini’s “corporatism,” where Big Business, Big Government, and Big Finance combine to exploit the people with monopolized prices and corrupted dollars.  Throughout history there has been some form of subjection: be it religious, culture, race, or gender.  The dominant form of subjection of our time is this economic subjection, which is played out by our businesses, by our governments, and by our banks.  I would probably try to encourage a profit cap which would distribute profit to those that built the company productivity.  Under this system, business creation would not be for a selfish reason, but rather a social one.  As the social aspects of society are more awarded and expanded into genius from strict capital gain, so would productivity.  Many of the social diseases that are created by this accumulation competitiveness would reduce and even be eradicated, ultimately leading to the improvement and progression of the society, rather than the harnessing of the poor for greater capital gain.  In the words of Muhammad Yunus, “Poverty can be eradicated in our lifetime.  We only need the political will.”  Then, if successful, I would explore deeper into time…