there4eyeM
unlicensed metaphysician
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Marx did not invent the idea of "communism"; it has always existed. More recently, the communal spirit 'invented' what could rightly be called a communist effort in France at the same time as the German author, even earlier.
Some kind of movement may emerge that includes elements often associated with social and communal movements of the past.
More than political ideas must change, though. It has become a cliché to speak of the revolution having to be in the mind, not in the streets. It is nonetheless the case.
Something like a spiritual makeover, a step to another level, becoming more solid one with another and the universe, the 'natural world'. Whatever form of governance would come out of that probably would not be able accurately to bear the moniker of much that came before it. Education is the answer, but not just any old.
Some kind of movement may emerge that includes elements often associated with social and communal movements of the past.
More than political ideas must change, though. It has become a cliché to speak of the revolution having to be in the mind, not in the streets. It is nonetheless the case.
Something like a spiritual makeover, a step to another level, becoming more solid one with another and the universe, the 'natural world'. Whatever form of governance would come out of that probably would not be able accurately to bear the moniker of much that came before it. Education is the answer, but not just any old.