Evolutionary change needs to be multi-systemic. We can't just change the government and the financial pyramid by electing well-meaning folks like Bernie Sanders. WE, from the bottom up, need to make the changes we want to see in the world.
The first step towards change is the way we feed and clothe ourselves. That step entails moving beyond top-down corporate structures. We have to get out from under the thumb and the "profit" tally of The Man. Everyone in the whole system must thrive; otherwise, everyone--including those at the top--will go extinct.
Worker co-ops are one solution being brought forth in the name of evolutionary change. This important work is being done by people like David Morgan, co-owner of a worker-owned cooperative, Toolbox for Education and Social Action.
Co-Opoly is a game that David participated in developing. It is a game in which participants learn the skills of beginning a democratic and participatory enterprise. As the website for the game states:
To succeed with their ventures, players will have to make difficult decisions and overcome the challenges that they face during the game. These decision-taking processes will prove their abilities as team-players.
Players will have to discuss the different topics that appear during the game and will have to democratically decide about all the issues that will determine the failure or the success of their social and cooperative venture.
Every time you play Co-opoly is different--sometimes there are many challenges, other times the cards are in your favor.
With Co-opoly, participants discover the benefits, challenges, and practices of cooperative and collaborative ventures, and they have a learning-by-doing experience of what it means to set up and manage a social enterprise.
Thus Co-Opoly is the bottom-up wave of the future. Monopoly was originally orchestrated for the very same reason, to illuminate the mentality of the corporate moguls. Yet, we got caught up in the drama of the game and didn't question the ethics behind what the game was meant to illuminate. One person (1%) wins at the expense of all other people (99%) losing. Is that the game we want to play for real?
What WE do matters. Let's co-opt the monopolies! We are cells in Nature. We are participants in God and in our deepest nudity we are the All. We are co-evolvers in all of life. That includes how we operate our businesses, which is exactly where David's work towards building resilient cooperatives and communities is leading us.
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
