In the New Testament, as early believers were waiting for the imminent Second Coming of Jesus, a semblance of communism, or the voluntary sharing of possessions, was encouraged in Acts, chapters 2 and 3. The early Christians, until the Church became institutionalized with Constantine, believed in nonviolence too.
To prevent the deterioration of our health and the destruction of the planet, a case can also be made for a vegetarian and vegan lifestyle.
Many people today are also rightly concerned that the charter school voucher movement may destroy public education. As a retired teacher, I have said for more than 30 years that the elephant in the current discussion room is being ignored. The best way that we can improve our public schools is by radically decentralizing and promoting grassroots education literally. We must empower not the federal, state, county, and township levels of government--we need to encourage instead the neighbors who live within an elementary school district to develop their own educational philosophy and curriculum with complete autonomy, using public funds. With this nonhierarchical approach, parents will educate themselves in this process, and they will then be better parents. A sense of neighborhood togetherness and community solidarity could develop. In the age of the internet, neighborhoods could become tribal.
My other major solution for remaking society is to equally empower at least the 7 largest national political parties and take all money out of politics. To have an educated citizenry and a democratic society, every person must be exposed to the full spectrum of political and spiritual ideas.
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