Blog posts about Celebration Society government
Every great civilization has its high points and its low points. Often, it’s difficult to see the low points of one’s own society from within it. One popular pastime among Americans is to compare it to Rome. Such people often opine that American will soon go the way of the Roman Empire. The Romans were […]
I’ve written elsewhere about the many hurdles standing between the beautiful idea of a guaranteed income and its actual implementation in a way that takes care of all the people. Briefly, all approaches to a guaranteed income (universal, basic and minimum) share certain characteristics. They propose that everyone in the society–or at least all of […]
Google’s dictionary defines a rite of passage as, “a ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone’s life, especially birth, puberty, marriage, and death.” I think this is a very serviceable definition. One thing missing from our modern society is a complete set of these. Yes, we have marriage, divorce, birth, birthdays and funerals/wakes. But […]
When the citizenry of a democratic nation loses control of its government, reforms are proposed. In the USA, multiple issues now enjoy supermajority (even 80%) citizen support yet are continually thwarted in Congress. One solution often discussed is a national initiative; similar to those available in states such as California and Colorado. US Senator Mike […]
While I’d prefer that a Celebrationist experiment be tried because of pure enthusiasm, that’s rarely enough for groups of people to create great change. Great societal change seems to come on the heels of perceived necessity. Accelerating automation will soon provide this perception for people pretty much everywhere, and that’s the reason I expect a […]
Todd William pointed out that I didn’t clearly address issues of private property in the book. I’ll address them here. Private property and ownership are legal concepts. They are structured as part of the legal system. In a Celebration Society, this will be the Charter supported by specific laws regarding property and ownership, enforced by the […]
