Writers like George Orwell and French philosopher Simone Weil actually lived in poverty for extended periods so they could write with real authority and empathy on their subjects. Orwell was a bum on the streets of Paris for a time and Weil ruined her health due to living as the poor did and died prematurely. Can you imagine such dedication from a journalist today?
Weil wrote a book calling for the abolition of political parties ( available on Amazon) claiming they ultimately become self serving totalitarians which is just what they are today.
Political parties SHOULD be abolished and full participatory democracy returned to the people in the form of Peoples' Assemblies or Village Meetings where we all decide what's to be what in our lives just like in pre-NATO Libya. Gaddafi was against political parties too. His Green Book is here: http://openanthropology.org/libya/gaddafi-green-book.pdf
Pg 13 of the pdf of his book reveals that:
"The party is a contemporary form of dictatorship. It is the modern instrument of dictatorial government. The party is the rule of a part over the whole. As a party is not an individual, it creates a superficial democracy by establishing assemblies, committees, and propaganda through its members. The party is not a democratic instrument because it is composed only of those people who have common interests, a common perception or a shared culture; or those who belong to the same region or share the same belief. They form a party to achieve their ends, impose their will, or extend the dominion of their beliefs, values, and interests to the society as a whole. A party’s aim is to achieve power under the pretext of carrying out its program. Democratically, none of these parties should govern a whole people who constitute a diversity of interests, ideas, temperaments, regions and beliefs. The party is a dictatorial instrument of government that enables those with common outlooks or interests to rule the
people as a whole. Within the community, the party represents a minority.
"The purpose of forming a party is to create an instrument to rule the people, i.e., to rule over non-members of the party."
Jack London did it before and could have been the model for George Orwell.
There were also some committed photographers and historians in the Federal Art Project during the depression that lived on the road and with the people. Same thing previously with "How the Other Half Lives" and progressives like Jane Addams Hull House for immigrants, et al. I'd put Upton Sinclair in this camp too.
Writers like George Orwell and French philosopher Simone Weil actually lived in poverty for extended periods so they could write with real authority and empathy on their subjects. Orwell was a bum on the streets of Paris for a time and Weil ruined her health due to living as the poor did and died prematurely. Can you imagine such dedication from a journalist today?
Weil wrote a book calling for the abolition of political parties ( available on Amazon) claiming they ultimately become self serving totalitarians which is just what they are today.
Orwell wrote 1984, the bible for 2024.
Political parties SHOULD be abolished and full participatory democracy returned to the people in the form of Peoples' Assemblies or Village Meetings where we all decide what's to be what in our lives just like in pre-NATO Libya. Gaddafi was against political parties too. His Green Book is here: http://openanthropology.org/libya/gaddafi-green-book.pdf
Pg 13 of the pdf of his book reveals that:
"The party is a contemporary form of dictatorship. It is the modern instrument of dictatorial government. The party is the rule of a part over the whole. As a party is not an individual, it creates a superficial democracy by establishing assemblies, committees, and propaganda through its members. The party is not a democratic instrument because it is composed only of those people who have common interests, a common perception or a shared culture; or those who belong to the same region or share the same belief. They form a party to achieve their ends, impose their will, or extend the dominion of their beliefs, values, and interests to the society as a whole. A party’s aim is to achieve power under the pretext of carrying out its program. Democratically, none of these parties should govern a whole people who constitute a diversity of interests, ideas, temperaments, regions and beliefs. The party is a dictatorial instrument of government that enables those with common outlooks or interests to rule the
people as a whole. Within the community, the party represents a minority.
"The purpose of forming a party is to create an instrument to rule the people, i.e., to rule over non-members of the party."
Jack London did it before and could have been the model for George Orwell.
There were also some committed photographers and historians in the Federal Art Project during the depression that lived on the road and with the people. Same thing previously with "How the Other Half Lives" and progressives like Jane Addams Hull House for immigrants, et al. I'd put Upton Sinclair in this camp too.