Hi:
I think the most effective type of social movement today is reformation movements.
I think that reformation movements which seek to convert and diversify our means of resource usage and distribution are the best most long lasting enduring types of movements. In our modern world today with the threat of nuclear war that we as a society need to focus on peaceful constructive productive means of positive change rather than warring. We need to communiate better with our brains and good sense rather than our brawn. We can't afford to create wars, even though they stimulate our damn corrupt economy! The worse the threat of a nuclear war gets the more we need to coomunicate peacefully. Nuclear war will effect everyone. Clouds of nuclear waste after a nuclear bombing will float around in the air to all parts of the world and negatively effect all.
It's unfortunate that our society seems to be one that needs to have a great threat in line or major catastrophy happen before we will make the neccessary changes or before we will really consider and work towards the reality of needed peace love respect and positive cooperation among all peoples; for the good of all peoples. Well, now we've created a deadly incentive to behave well as it were, to swallow our pride and power and increasingly hold peace summits to keep the peace. For those in our society who have kept in denial or the worlds problems or explained things away or didn't or couldn't listen to and hear the problems, I guess the threat of nuclear war may now finally be making them take notice, be truthful, acknowledge the problems and work towards social betterment. I guess the school shootings have made some realize the name calling, bullying behavior, teasing in schools is not just no big deal, have learned not to continue to shun and scoff, have learned this is actually truly unacceptable behavior, people have realized that they do need to teach themselves and their children to respect others, to learn to work together well, to become not racist, sexist, to know, experience and speak our feelings well in good healthy functional ways, to take part in diversity training communication courses, counseling, prayer and healing support groups.
A shift may be happening away from violence, abuse, and corruption, manipulations, blame, shame, guilting trips, assigning fault, and making fun of to cope and solve problems towards a more caring commuinty of peoples who listen and work to understand and accept eachother in safe haelthy reasonable ways. To soleve problems thorough good means, through respect, talking things out, choosing to use non derogatory and prejudiced phrasing and comments in conversations, to find good ways to create win win situations for all.
I highly recommend the that everyone join the peace movements. I certainly don't want to have a nuclear war. Our's times up to act foolishly and harmfully or bad to one another as far as I'm concerned, why would we even want to waste our time and energy relating and acting in bad or harmful ways anyways at anytime really when we can act in loving respectful good ways towards eachother. I say require peace and well being for ourselves and others. The time is here, the time is now.
I'm definately in support of movements that work from within and without to create poistive, peaceful social change through positive, peaceful means. I think that revolutionary movements that feature violence aren't the way to go. After all, violence begets violence and peace begets peace. All of us passionate, hormone, ambition driven people better use our boundless energy for good, and channel our emotions and energy in peaceful, productive, constructive good ways. Instead of war and revolution, we need peace and evolution.
Albert Einstein said something like peace is achieved not through force but through understanding. This bit Albert said makes a lot of sense to me.
Thanks, Shaunasi
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