Monday, October 23, 2006

Social Justice from a Climax Social Evolution Theory perspective:

"Social Justice" can really only mean one thing as a political concept and that is equal rights for all members of society. Equal rights for all members of society can only be achieved in an egalitarian political-economic system where social power is fully democratized. Anything less is to achieve "Animal Farm's" dystopia where "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others", i.e., creating an even more abusive social system in the name of social democracy.

Social power is democratized by planetary equal distribution of basic information and communication systems, equal distribution of individual and community living and production work spaces, equalized access to raw materials and energy sources, and equal access to inter-community transportation systems. Social power is also democratized by equal treatment under law. Achieving social justice in essence means creating an egalitarian social system to replace ones ruled by various types and degrees of oligarchic control.

From the Climax Social Evolution Theory perspective this social change goal of insuring social justice by creating egalitarian social systems takes on a biological aspect and emphasis as well; to survive as a species human beings must stabilize their regional population numbers in self-sustaining bio-regional Climax Communities that harmonize human lifestyle needs with the ecology of the surrounding bio-regional.

Social stabilization requires the absence of anti-social or environmental aggression which in turn requires the absence of reasons why these anti-social behaviors have thrived in American soil. Invariably, the primary reasons for anti-social behavior are these: Inequality of distribution of goods and services produced by society, lack of social or emotional nurturance of the young, and lack of social or emotional outlets for natural aggression.

All societies produce aggressive individuals. How societies deal with aggressive individuals makes the difference between good social systems that are stable because they provide the benefits of social production to all its members without prejudices of any sort being built into the system. In other words, social and economic democracy in full for every citizen regardless of economic circumstances, ethnic heritage, educational or physical handicap, etc. Aggressive individuals must be educated as children into useful outlets for their natural aggression.

Social nurturance means insuring each member of society with the means of basic benefits of civilized life; basic nutritional food sustenance, basic housing, basic transportation, basic communications, basic education and access to world information. If a substantial number of members of a society are denied these basics by an inequitable social distribution system, then poverty and crime is the inevitable result. Poverty and crime destabilize society. Draconian repressive techniques may mask social instability for a time but long term social stabilization requires egalitarian reformation of society.

Emotional nurturance of the young is both a family and community responsibility. If the family fails to provide emotional nurturance for its members, especially the young, then the community and society will pay the price sooner or later when disturbed children and adults act out their frustrations from lack of emotional nurturance. So the community must be there for every child who's family is dysfunctional. It's a bottom line responsibility that cannot be ignored for any reason. Emotional nurturance for adults comes from loving relationships and spiritual communion.

The Spirit of Love and Compassion must be honored by the community in some form that makes these values visible and models for emulation. My Christian religious preference is, of course, the Spirit of Christ, Western Civilization's avatar of Love and Compassion. But the Buddha is also there as another model for millions East and West, and we are lucky in our times to have incredibly strong women as real life models of Love and Compassion such as Mother Teresa and Ang San Suu Kyi.

Sports is a fine way for youth, and adults for that matter, to vent aggressive attitudes and emotions. Sports, as most of us know, is also a fine substitute for war because it has Rules of the Game and the Fair Play ethic of good sportsmanship. The rules provide a safe arena for aggressive individuals to test themselves in competition in order to find their natural ranking in the hierarchy of the sport and the community at large.

In capitalist societies, real life Monopoly games are played by aggressive individuals for the benefit of only a very privileged few while their Monopoly Game cost is paid for by the many. Playing real life Monopoly games is unsportsmanlike behavior as the advantage of one player over another increases exponentially with success, i.e., the "winners" sitting on top of monopoly distribution system for products or services produced by society and needed or wanted by large segments of society, have a totally unfair economic advantage over beginners without capital. If the social system allows or promotes real life Monopoly Games with essential goods and services needed by all of society for the healthy functioning of society then the social system must be changed.

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