14. Culture Change

What is proposed in these posts is not a social, political or economic/financial “fix” for any democratic nation. What is proposed is a slow but deliberate and intentional effort to change the culture of democratic nations to create social stability and sustainability — peace!

Culture change occurs spontaneously with individuals — individuals who are convinced that it is insane for their nations to continue as they have for decades, centuries and even millennia. “Insanity” is defined as, “Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.” We do not need to examine history very closely to see that intrusion across national borders, conquering weaker or neutral nations, genocide and all of the other dimensions of war does not work. Currently, the world is experiencing ongoing, continual war in more than one region.

My intention for providing these posts is not to convince anyone that war is eminently destructive or that peace generates cooperation and sharing. My intention is to provide a learning process for generating culture change that results in sustainable families, child rearing, communities, business, governments and economies, health care and education just to mention a few areas where creative and sustainable solutions are vitally needed.

To change a culture from engrained self-destructive social, political and economic-financial practices there must be a relatively easy to understand and implementable process for reinterpreting “reality” in terms that brings sustainability to societies, governments and economies. A number of readers have read this material and agree that it is easy to read, but it is doggoned hard to understand. That’s the definition of cultural dissonance. We may not like what we are doing that is destroying our way of life, but we are really uncomfortable with making any changes!

To make that cultural change, most of us must understand how to create a different outcome. Do you have an intention for your life for the future? For your family? For your community? For your city, county, state or nation? If not, then for the sake of participating in the future, please do so. That’s a beginning. If you are really creative you may even have several good intentions that contribute to the sustainability of your life, your family and your society.