In response to Flopper and to two anarchists, one friend and teacher on Facebook calling to build a commune away from it all, and another on a website whose links are copied in a separate post below this:
I find that people are in different stages of spiritual and social development. So preaching or scolding people for where they are in life isn't always going to motivate them. It might work for those who need a solid kick in the behind. But some people are more like middle schoolers than college kids. Some need a teacher or mentor and just aren't ready to govern themselves independently.
Especially people who have been through abuse or trauma, or suffered incarceration in their families where there is a mix of dependence and rebellion and possibly regression. People respond to conflicts in different ways, like the Grief process and stages of anger, or denial and depression, that can last for 5-10 years or for generations, before they are ready for the next stage or step in changing themselves first, relationships next (where we all seem to be struggling now), and society as a result (where some people are already at this stage or have mastered it, but others are behind the curve or stuck at square one because of a mix of internal and external conflicts). I find it makes conflicts worse by judging people for where everyone is in this collective process; while the solution is to organize people so everyone can access the help they need to manage, regardless what state or stage each person or group is in.
Because I DO believe the purpose of society and humanity is to work toward SELF GOVT, I propose that we organize communities, parties and institutions to set up SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS towns and communities.
This model would ACCOMMODATE the fact we have DIFFERENT people at DIFFERENT stages, including total dependence on teachers or mentors. And some who are disabled and would rely on live-in assistants, for which I recommend student internships so that we can sustain "medical education" for low cost or free by on site training to offset the costs. If we are going to achieve universal health care "at cost" this will involve
(a) health care cooperatives owned and managed by the people directly (EX:
www.medcoops.net www.medcoops.com nonprofit coop structure based on 1500 member-owners per chapter to achieve the numbers necessary to predict and reduce costs to get the maximum discounts on services at the minimum patient-to-provider ratio needed to sustain)
(b) converting or running criminal correction/detention programs as TEACHING HOSPITALS to diagnose, treat and cure causes of criminal disorder and mental illness to cut costs while providing medical education and training through enough mentors and interns, doctors and nurses, to localize care in each district and generate enough providers to serve the population at a ratio of 170:1 (compared with current US shortages of over 400 people to each physician)
(c) building systems of self government based on campus style democratic management (whether populations PREFER socialism, communism, anarchism, capitalism, green living, military or law enforcement, or even "all women" centers to help women and children in recovery from abuse) so that people mentor each other in supporting their own beliefs, religious or political, without conflict with other such groups that can manage their own "city states" democratically and/or congregate in larger pools similar to states in a union that are still sovereign.
EXAMPLES:
I. Sustainable Campus Community plan (passed into federal HUD laws in 1994) to reform public housing to be Democratically Managed by Residents through their own elected councils on site:
www.campusplan.org
II. Nonprofit that sets up sustainable centers/jobs/schools to combat slave labor trafficking and exploitation in poor regions:
www.paceuniversal.com
III. BORDER PROPOSAL to replicate above models to combat trafficking crimes targeting immigrant workers, and setting up military prisons and teaching hospitals to contain dangerous criminal for treatment rehab and restitution, while creating SAFE JOBS HOUSING and SERVICES for workers, families and citizens trained to build, manage and govern their own communities, resources and "campus towns" to stabilize the border and economy:
www.earnedamnesty.org
Again, 1500 is the minimum number found to support collective health care in a sustainable self-managed cooperative. As for "management" within a group, one person studying this said 150 is the most, but I'd say most groups aren't equipped to handle more than 10-20 or 40-50 (based on how well teachers respond to students, where "master teachers" can work with 40 or more students in one group, but even experienced teachers say 10 is the most they can ensure one-on-one attention and mentorship, and 20 can be managed but is better with a teaching assistant team teaching)
(d) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN GROUP DYNAMICS
I would ESPECIALLY include teaching basic principles of democratic governance and natural law (whether people respond to Scriptural law, Constitutional law, or whatever language for the law "motivates" and "compels" them to protect each other's interests equally as a self-governing community), with a focus on conflict resolution, mediation to resolve issues of BELIEFS (so people can either work together or separate civilly to form their OWN groups when they outgrow and develop to later stages of autonomy, which tends to be the pattern as Populations grow, similar to children outgrowing their parents), and health care/restorative justice models that teach diagnosing and treating mental illness and criminal disorders that otherwise can prevent a person's ability to comply with either "laws, authority" or AGREEMENT with others if everyone is equally their own authority.
This level of treating mental and criminal illness as part of the SPIRITUAL process is MASTER LEVEL, and one of the reasons we are split up in society. Not everyone has access to or knowledge of the spiritual laws and process that can diagnose, treat and CURE severe medical and mental illnesses, so that's where people become "enslaved" politically and economically to prison systems and medical systems that exploit human sickness and social ills.
However, if master teachers and experts in this field AGREE to mentor others through campuses so more people can be SELF GOVERNING, we can BREAK the cycle of oppression by liberating and equalizing "knowledge of natural/universal laws" (UNIVERSAL LAWS on spiritual healing wellness and recovery that can change our failed prison systems into sustainable medical schools, teaching hospitals and health care to cover education and services for all; natural laws on democratic process and CONFLICT RESOLUTION so people can solve their own problems and not become dependent on "third party administrators" or political elite under corporate influences; laws/dynamics on cooperative economics and how to manage labor and credits so people can sustain their own self-governing coop communities without fear of getting bought our or hijacked by outside interests; laws/dynamics on property and land management including sustainable "green" development and renewable resources; and education and mentorship assistance "in general" in other areas of arts/sciences from media for communication to technology needed for cost effective sustainable living and development.)
SOURCES for further research and development in education to empower more people to become self-governing:
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www.ethics-commission.net Teaching and mentoring conflict resolution and managing relations and group dynamics based on democratic principles in the Bill of Rights, 14th Amendment on equal protections for all persons. (I might also add Civil Rights policies on "no discrimination by creed" since we seem to have an internal civil war going on within and between political parties fighting to dominate by majority instead of mentoring these warring groups to GOVERN THEMSELVES and FUND/FOLLOW their own internal policies and let others do the same)
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www.christianhealingmin.org
www.healingisyours.com
www.spiritual-healing.us
Resources on teaching the spiritual process of diagnosing, treating and curing physical, mental and even criminal illness as diseases with a root cause and a cure instead of punishing these or punishing taxpayers with debts and damages from failed mental health and criminal justice systems that merely create more crime, costs and poverty.
* other sources for teaching conflict resolution and healing to liberate people from past cycles of oppression
www.centerhealingracism.org
www.avpusa.org
https://cherishourchildren.org/ (formerly No More Victims founded by Marilyn Gambrell)
Whether people prefer or respond to a secular approach, political or religious, all such programs and what they offer should be accessible as an equal choice so everyone has opportunity and assistance to overcome patterns of dependence and oppression from the past and have personal support (such as internship and mentorship programs to replicate model programs proven to be effective and sustainable) to become independently self-governing without fear of further "enslavement."
We can set up campus communities to achieve this, and include people and groups "at all levels" of development, even if some are still "dependent on others."
