[Dialogue] A Witness [Sort of]

[Bill Parker]

You are right. The economic power left unchecked destroys the economy! We 
have seen this played out over and over. It is not a simple question of who 
has what, but rather what is sustainable, or if that word is worn out as I 
believe it is, what is going to achieve equity in the process. An 
inequitable system is a corrupt system and has built into itself its own 
demise.

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From: "Wayne Nelson" <wnelson at ica-associates.ca>
To: "Colleague Dialogue" <dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
Cc: "Order Ecumenical Community" <oe at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] A Witness [Sort of]


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> 2 things that seem pretty clear to me about the Occupy movement
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> The economy dominates society and it is creating it's own economic, 
> political and social problems.  Duh. Our work in the late 60's and early 
> 70's told us much the same thing the Occupy movement is saying now.  We 
> recognized it in the protests related to racial equality and in the 
> protests against the war in Vietnam and etc and etc and etc as well. 
> Governments think their task is to expedite the will of those who control 
> the movement, flow and distribution of resources. The details can be 
> enumerated and have been over the years, but the details are not the 
> point. It is the system itself and it's orientation that needs to be 
> addressed.
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> The understandings that form the operating  foundations, structures, 
> systems and the functioning mythology of our society are actually creating 
> deeper problems rather than resolving them. Social contradictions have 
> institutionalized and accepted as the normal way of doing things. Nearly 
> every institution we'd  call a pillar of  "the establishment" has revealed 
> itself to be corrupt, incompetent or both.  After a cascade of scandals 
> and catastrophes, the implicit social contract lies in ruins, replaced by 
> mass skepticism, contempt and disillusionment.
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