- Brisamma
An Outline for the Equitism Manifesto
We're using this global pandemic to write our treatise on an alternative vision as a framework for what we want to build with you, our community.
We want a political and cultural system nourished by community ownership, balancing systemic tensions, infinite play, and intersecting worlds.
We call it Equitism - another way of talking about the future that doesn't revert to the baggage of capitalism and socialism.
We honor the past while focusing on the questions and tensions of our future that might move us away from our current fragility, beyond resilience, and towards a lasting structural and personal strength.
Here's the beginning outline - we are still writing and editing and collaborating. If you have thoughts, let us know!
Book 1 - MYCELIUM (foundational thought network):
Equitism
Language
Codewords
Pattern-making
Morality
Knowing and Understanding
Values
Equity
Probiotics vs. Antibiotics
Community Ownership
Balancing Systemic Tensions
Infinite Play
Meaning
Storytelling
Explaning vs Understanding
Culture, Whiteness, Ethnocide
Free People create their own meaning
Dancification / Pattern-breaking / Transformation / Healing
Intersecting Worlds
Rethinking Worlds
Rethinking Tools
Book 2 - MUSHROOMS (fruiting bodies):
Beyond Raising Awareness
Culture as Strategy
Ethnogenesis
Finite Goals
Systems not Symptoms
Cultivate Creativity/Gardening
Ranked Choice Voting
Co-op Incentives
Liberate DC
Equity Index
Participatory Budgeting
Systemic Tensions to Balance
Housing and Development
Food and Waste
Education and Learning
Health care and Well-being
Immigration and Cultural Preservation
Free Speech and Intolerance
Activism and Elections