Sunday, March 8, 2020

Green social liberalism 2.0

Perhaps we take a look at Hanzi's highest effective value meme and what values and policies that entails? In Reid's review of Nordic Ideology he said:

"The 2.0 version of Green Social Liberalism [...] by today’s standards, would be perceived as far Left, far (libertarian) Right and very Green."

I'd add that what he's calling 'far right' libertarianism is nothing like neoliberal libertarianism but more like libertarian socialism. Reid did note that such labeling is "by today's standards." Again, the left/right framing is inadequate to the task.

It is "a vision of the future welfare system which expands and deepens the current universal welfare programs by addressing the higher psychological needs of human beings such as belonging, esteem and self-actualization—a welfare system determined to ensure that as many as possible don’t feel lonely, socially inferior or trapped in meaningless lives [...] a welfare society that considers the emotional wellbeing of people just as important as their economic welfare; a society that takes into account the more intimate psychological needs of human beings: good relationships, inner security, meaning, self-knowledge. [...] The central idea is that by cultivating a listening society, we can not only create much happier human lives, but also dramatically spur the psychological development of larger parts of the population into the higher stages."

Not all of the current Democratic political ideologies have this sort of base values. Which do, which do not? Some might give lip service to the ideals but their policies belie those ideals. Which are at least moving in that direction of green social liberalism 2.0?

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