self-interrogation question #3 (and #2, and #4)
No, you didn't miss question #2, I've skipped ahead to question #3 :-)
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The interaction between my on-again-off-again Zen meditation with this all Green Communism stuff.
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First I had to restart my zen meditation to answer this question.
My zen meditation, my zazen, my every fucking day Ānāpānasati, tells me all this Green Communism stuff is a mere product of the Frog Brain. That's all. A dream of how the world ought to behave, not a description of how the world does behave. Anybody can come up with a dream of how the world ought to behave, that's easy. Next!?
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Implementing Green Communism would come at great personal cost. I would see my own standard of living decrease by over 95%. But I cannot implement Green Communism on my own. I would need to convince a majority of the world's population to join my utopian vision, and we would need to overcome the opposition of the rest of the world's population -- opposition that could turn to violence, if subterfuge were not enough to derail our majority.
But first, assembling that majority. If I were following the Buddhist principles of Right Speech (samma vaca), then I would not speak with the goal of convincing anybody of anything. I would merely speak truth, after considering whether speaking such truth would likely be helpful to those who might hear it. It's up to the listener to decide for herself whether to join me in my utopian vision.
So, I will speak truth, to those who will listen. That, and I can move toward living within the limits that would be prescribed by Green Communism. But now I'm getting into question #2, heh.
Yeah, question #2:
If it can possibly happen now, what am I going to do to help make this happen?
I will speak the truth about our ongoing catastrophic environmental destruction, and I will move toward living within the limits that would be prescribed under Green Communism.
And, question #4:
How would I voluntarily limit my own production/consumption to my own personal sustainable share?
According to the Social Security Administration, I can expect to live another 29.0 years. Yes, let's go to that extra decimal place, Social Security, thanks, 29.0 years. If I were to achieve personal Green Communism within my own lifetime, I would need to cut my personal consumption by at least 3% per year.
I suppose the best way to implement this would be to, during 2021, give away 3% of my take-home pay to carbon offset activities. Then, during 2022, give away 6%. Then, during 2023, give away 10%. When I retire, at the beginning of 2028, my consumption will drop a bunch anyway due to reduced income, I can recalibrate at that time, based on my then-income and then-life expectancy.
Right now the best "bang for the buck" carbon offset activity I've discovered is funding abortions in the US. I'm already doing this now, but not at the 3% of take-home level. In January I'll increase my monthly donations to that 3% level. On track to implement personal Green Communism within my own lifetime, leaving a trail of aborted fetuses in my wake, heh. I wonder what their names would've been.
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The interaction between my on-again-off-again Zen meditation with this all Green Communism stuff.
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First I had to restart my zen meditation to answer this question.
My zen meditation, my zazen, my every fucking day Ānāpānasati, tells me all this Green Communism stuff is a mere product of the Frog Brain. That's all. A dream of how the world ought to behave, not a description of how the world does behave. Anybody can come up with a dream of how the world ought to behave, that's easy. Next!?
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Implementing Green Communism would come at great personal cost. I would see my own standard of living decrease by over 95%. But I cannot implement Green Communism on my own. I would need to convince a majority of the world's population to join my utopian vision, and we would need to overcome the opposition of the rest of the world's population -- opposition that could turn to violence, if subterfuge were not enough to derail our majority.
But first, assembling that majority. If I were following the Buddhist principles of Right Speech (samma vaca), then I would not speak with the goal of convincing anybody of anything. I would merely speak truth, after considering whether speaking such truth would likely be helpful to those who might hear it. It's up to the listener to decide for herself whether to join me in my utopian vision.
So, I will speak truth, to those who will listen. That, and I can move toward living within the limits that would be prescribed by Green Communism. But now I'm getting into question #2, heh.
Yeah, question #2:
If it can possibly happen now, what am I going to do to help make this happen?
I will speak the truth about our ongoing catastrophic environmental destruction, and I will move toward living within the limits that would be prescribed under Green Communism.
And, question #4:
How would I voluntarily limit my own production/consumption to my own personal sustainable share?
According to the Social Security Administration, I can expect to live another 29.0 years. Yes, let's go to that extra decimal place, Social Security, thanks, 29.0 years. If I were to achieve personal Green Communism within my own lifetime, I would need to cut my personal consumption by at least 3% per year.
I suppose the best way to implement this would be to, during 2021, give away 3% of my take-home pay to carbon offset activities. Then, during 2022, give away 6%. Then, during 2023, give away 10%. When I retire, at the beginning of 2028, my consumption will drop a bunch anyway due to reduced income, I can recalibrate at that time, based on my then-income and then-life expectancy.
Right now the best "bang for the buck" carbon offset activity I've discovered is funding abortions in the US. I'm already doing this now, but not at the 3% of take-home level. In January I'll increase my monthly donations to that 3% level. On track to implement personal Green Communism within my own lifetime, leaving a trail of aborted fetuses in my wake, heh. I wonder what their names would've been.