| Subject: | [socialcredit] cities | | Date: | Tuesday, September 6, 2005 08:47:17 (EDT) | | From: | Triumphofthepast <Triumphofthepast @...com>
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"The ideas of community and indivisibility or cultural heritage . . . do seem to point toward a gradual increase in urbanization. Technological 'progress' seems to have an inevitably collectivizing trend."
I don't think so. Belloc talks about how the internal combustion engine was decentralizing in comparison to steam, also how the electric motor was decentralizing. PCs are certainly decentralizing. The internet is decentralizing. A friend who lives in a rural area describes it as a "lifeline" for those people. The ability to shop from home is decentralizing.
At the same time, I don't think social credit is in any way anti-city. A city can be a wonderful and vibrant place to live. A city is a large number of people living in close proximity; collectivism is an organizational structure. Douglas spent his life showing how an associaton (e.g., a city) can be structured so as to work for its members (e.g., residents).
Michael
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