What is the current state? Anxious More than half of the UK population is anxious about the current state and the future (67%*). That anxiety is finding expression in our politics. Why are people anxious? We are being squeezed by obviously deteriorating conditions. The power of the individual to effect the trajectory is almost zeroContinue reading “Current state”
Populism : Cause and Effect
Janan Ganesh makes the point that today’s discontents are living better than ever, and so the analogy with the 1930s is misleading. https://on.ft.com/43kxoXO Where does the sense of discomfort come from in a society? What drives a group to promote change over stability? To present as mystery the notion that people are dissatisfied with theContinue reading “Populism : Cause and Effect”
Why not the current parties?
If the current political organisations could respond usefully, they would have done so. They are from the past and part of the problem. If you want to understand the true purpose of an organisation, rather than what it says about itself, then look at what it actually does. The purpose of an organisation is whatContinue reading “Why not the current parties?”
Affording it
The Proper Change framework is budget neutral – it pays for itself.
Why not growth and money?
The laws of thermodynamics on a closed loop planet means that “growth” in material and energy conversion will no longer deliver the value that people say or assume that it will. It has become a useless metric. Politicians can offer more of it, but it will not solve the problems they say it will.