Checkout the comment, pasted below, I made to a blog this morning at
http://memetherapy.net/06/paul-hartzog-on-panarchy. Communism will not work unless it's combined with a new and better understanding of the Bible.
In his book "The Revolution of Hope: Toward A Humanized Technology" (1968), Erich Fromm, a well known psychoanalyst and social philosopher, recognized the need for “the emergence of new forms of psychospiritual orientation and devotion, which are equivalents of the religious systems of the past” as necessary to overcome the weaknesses in man's character and the dehumanizing aspects of our modern industrial society. He also recognized the need for a "reverence for life" concept to be embedded in the new religious system.
Comment by william
September 5, 2006 @ 9:59 am
Give the guy a break “Oh good grief.” There’s nothing to say we can’t come up with a new, more advanced model of communism that’ll work. How many attempts did it take for man to learn how to fly? Leonardo da Vinci had flying machines on the drawing boards way back in the 1500s. What other hope do we have? I say put the world in the hands of the socialist parties with a new and better understanding of the Bible to back it up and to replace the false religions of today that are making a mess of the world right along with capitalism and misguided science.
And don’t be so greedy all the time. Learn to share once in awhile. Jesus said: “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Luke 12:15.