Is the egalitarian society of Walden Two (minus the psychological manipulation) the solution? Something like Twin Oaks but on a grand scale?
(hivelink)no youtubeIs it possible to make employment not an oppressive experience? Is it possible to remove the power imbalance that creates such easy opportunities for emotional or other abuse?
(hivelink)no youtubeChildren and family have usually held a bit of safety or security in the family link. But workers always have the threat of being cast out onto the streets or worse lingering in the air as they attend to the whims of the employer.
(hivelink)no youtubeWho on earth is it perfectly acceptable for you to angrily scold and order to leave your presence at any time? Your employees, your children, your pets, and depending upon your personal circumstances and cultural standards other family members.
(hivelink)no youtubeThe employee who has numerous protected rights is a new concept currently in an experimental phase of human cultural evolution and only in some parts of the world.
(hivelink)no youtubeFor the vast majority of human history men have known employees, women, and children as property for them to do with whatever they wish.
(hivelink)no youtubeBy what right do your people control the land and property they currently control? When and how did they gain this right?
(hivelink)no youtubeWhat if every action on earth is recorded and ultimately reviewed by yourself, your ancestors, the people of group 2, and permanently archived for all time for anyone to revisit? Does group 1 benefit?
(hivelink)no youtubeIf everyone agrees to ignore the immoral actions of group 1, not mention the actions, pretend group 1 is morally good and noble, then does group 1 benefit from their ignoble actions?
(hivelink)no youtubeIf group 1 commits selfish, violent, non compassionate actions to forcibly take x from group 2, does group 1 win?
(hivelink)no youtubeGroup 1 wants x. Group 2 occupies x. Group 1 has the power of violence, force, or the rule of law to force group 2 to surrender x. Group 1 forces group 2 to unoccupy x. Which power was superior?
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