far to the left of Obama.....

It is really quite simple in some ways i suppose. I am, for lack of any better description: tribally and socially cooperativist; a pragmatically, psychedelically, and hermeneutically conscious cognitive libertarian; an economically and geo-politically anarchist; and a deep ecology radical. In all practicality, i think that it is extraordinarily difficult to classify most citizens of the US under the simple polarizing taxonomy of liberal/conservative. Even the sub-labels such as socially conservative liberal or socially liberal conservative speak little of the vast diversity of the self aware citizen. But to reflect upon the 2008 election and the necessary work that must be done, i openly state my conception of my position along the spectrum from which i advocate the change i seek.

Over the next few posts i will try to highlight some insights into my conceptualization and construction of my semantic intent of these categorical descriptions. Together they comprise a composite reflection of axioms upon which i base my choices to produce responses to the world around me. My political actions are necessitated by my principles of cognitive liberty; my cooperativist direct actions to promote social justice for all, grow both from my economic anarchy as well as my commitment to deep ecology. Thus i hold that we as a nation (one comprised solely of one species that seems to revere the capacity to destroy all other species) must radically alter all of our institutions and behaviors in order to insure that the greatest diversity of all surviving species have an equal chance of participating in the future. To achieve this goal, we need to allow our infrastructures to collapse, both into disrepair and into un-usability. The construct infrastructures connotes all aspects of systems that encourage humans to maintain their profound disconnection from the real and natural world around them: transportation routes and mechanisms, electric power grid, internets and IT, industrialized food production and distribution, all education, all governmental entities and operations, health care provision, etc.

James Lovelock postulates that the actual sustainability ratio for the planet among all species indicates that there can be no more than 500 million humans living upon it (he suggests the number may be as low as 250 million). This number, less than ten percent of the current total, cannot live as the vast bulk of them do now, utilizing technological advancements that require the ongoing destruction of all other lifeforms and the planet's carrying capacity to endure. We can either make a substantive choice to actually facilitate our own future multi-generations in some balance/harmony with the greatest possible diversity of other species, or, we let the planet do it to us.

Over the next few days, i will post up some comments and quotations regarding each of these self-referential descriptors:tribally and socially cooperativist; a pragmatically, psychedelically, and hermeneutically conscious cognitive libertarian; an economically and geo-politically anarchist; and a deep ecology radical. I hope that by doing so i encourage others to do the same for themselves. We all need to very seriously consider who we are in relation to all around us. I am not proposing argumentation nor other forms of dysphemistic commentary; i am asking that each of us take some time to reappraise our own lives and thoughts about our role as a member of the Homo sapiens sapiens.