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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