S2 E13 | The Freedom Contract – Part 2 on Poverty

S2 E13 The Freedom Contract – Part 2 on Poverty

Thank you for joining us to celebrate the virtues of self-rule and debate the state of our republic. Welcome to the Citizens Prerogative Podcast.

Discussion topics in this episode:

• Knowing what we know and being as capable as we are, providing an equal footing and a set of real opportunities is a moral imperative.
  
• We moved off the farm and stopped providing for ourselves in order to build the concrete jungle that enriches the rich. Healthcare and a lifeline to stem hunger and homelessness seem like a fair trade.
• We need to move towards fair and well-regulated markets to manage the efficient and effective distribution of capital for the betterment of society.
  

Voices

• Michael V. Piscitelli
• Raymond Wong Jr.

More info

• The planks of the Freedom Contract Platform, “In Pursuit of Happiness” (our draft working name for it). The three parts of this series align to the following:
  • Part 1: Freedom from oppression including equal justice for all, digital ownership rights, state surveillance, and other violence.
  • Part 2: Freedom from poverty including a donut-style economic model with a floor to stand on and a ceiling that protects the earth from greed and excess.
  • Part 3: Freedom from ignorance including the development of skills for lifelong learning and adaptability, to collaborate among different groups of people and achieve a common goal, and the value of civic society and science for the sake of knowledge.
• Speaking of donuts! Hot off the presses from Time Magazine: Amsterdam is testing a new model and it looks like a donut! It features a floor and a ceiling based on true costs. We can no longer afford systems that have known “externalities,” which is basically lazy thinking.

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• Intro music sampled from “Okay Class” by Ozzy Jock under creative commons license through freemusicarchive.org.
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