Quote Originally Posted by halo
In theory that works. But society isnt ready to govern itself yet. For that to happen each and every person must mind his actions and such. Unfortunately many people just cannot do that.
Huh? What about a directly democratic society would keep us from punishing people who harm or exploit others?
Also we should become self sufficient. Each community, city and/or town must be completely self sufficient and not depend on another community for survival because this creates an imbalance of power if one community can control another through trade.
Only in a profit-driven economy. Hence the stress on solidarity, cooperation and mutual aid.
The family should be the most important. The family is the core of a society. When families start to fall apart so does society. People learn more in their family than they do at school. I know i did when i was a young child although i cant say the same for my friends with divorced parents .
I take it you have not studied anthropology in depth. You might be surprised to know that some cultures don't even have a concept like "family". Children in such cultures are raised by the community and taken care of by all. And what's worse for a child, living with two divorced parents or two parents who are married but don't want to be? Relationships go sour; not all families are perfect, and they never will be. But that is irrelevant to the idea of overthrowing capitalism and the state anyhow.
And as for government i would go with an athenian democracy. Where everybody gets a chance to govern, not just those who have the funds to run.
Ah yes, just like in good old sexist slave-owning Athens, where everybody was equal, but some people were more equal than others.