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Transforming Globalism (Part 4 of 8)
Panel Discussion: Korten, Horsley, Rasell
What ideas have occurred to us? Where do we go from here?
RASELL ======
Both speakers featured "stories". How about some of our own stories:
* When people become unemployed, they feel shameful, rather than realizing that it's built into the system. A different story would be a more healing one.
* Working poor. Society blames them, again. It's a matter of who is going to do these jobs.
* Sept 11: "They hate our freedom."
* This is God's world. Everything belongs to God. But the question is how the stuff is distributed. Used to be divine right of kings. Now is meritocracy, but is it fair?
The church is the body of people that tells the stories.
DISCUSSION ==========
Mediator to Korten: What elements do we need to include in "the big story"?
Korten: Most basic story is the Meaning story. Very struck by Richard's presentation of repeating stories of empire and liberation. How can we break out of that? When people get into power, they tend to forgot responsibility, or abuse freedom, or take on role of protector. These all reflect human immaturity. The systems of empire limit our growing up. We need to be able to see the connections to each other. We are supporting each other in the process of growing up.
Mediator to Horsley: Identify parts of our tradition that might support what David just said?
Horsley: Stories that will have staying power will be stories about families, must learn from other peoples' stories, in different cultures, emphasizing our common situations. We can use decentralized electronic media for this, so it is redeemed from just promoting the imperial values. This can be basis for rebuilding of civil society.
Mediator: Story - boy has two wolves inside, one good, one bad. Which one will win? Answer: The one that you feed. (Hint: Wolves are in the external culture, too.)
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