posted january 22nd
written in journal august 23, 2009
1. I believe that unconditional self love is developed in individuals through the unconditional love of parents.
2. That love can heal almost anything, if applied deeply and consistently.
3. That there is no such thing as evil people or good people. Our species is flawed and full of potential, simultaneously. We have the capacity to be both good and evil.
4. That there are enough resources in this world that every single person could live a very healthy and decent life. No one should starve in a world where we have such incredible technology and science. There is enough to go around, more than enough. If we harnessed it in the interest of people’s needs, not in the interest of capital, we could work half as much, people all over the world.
5. The fact that people have to think about money immediately after finding out that they or a loved one is sick is one of the most barbaric aspects of our so-called civilized world, so-called developed world.
6. I believe that prisons should be abolished.
7. I believe that children should not be isolated from the rest of society, it retards their development and disconnects us from our future, from our humanity, our creativity, humor and spirit.
8. I believe that love is a choice, not a feeling.
9. I believe that capitalism infects all of our social relations and infuses all of us with a dehumanizing view of one another as means to an ends.
10. I believe that healthy communication should be taught as part of “primary education”.
11. I believe that history, real, imperialistic, genocidal history must be taught and retaught to young and old alike. The future of our species depends on our ability to remember the past and learn from it.
