In the latest Deep Dive Perspective to be released, Tony Gosling unpicks the history of the enclosure of the commons, specifically land and resources in the UK, and how food and farming, the fundamental basis of our existence, are under attack.
The commons isn’t limited to land; it includes everything that is provided by the consciousness energy of creation, the universe or God. This includes what is co-created through human relations and activities, such as use of the radio spectrum, landing slots at Heathrow and other airports and most importantly, knowledge and the accumulated wisdom of mankind.
Critical Thinking’s analysis exposes the symbiotic relationship between institutional hierarchy and theft of the commons. In my recent conversation with Josh Sidman, from about 27 minutes in, I talk about how both are underpinned by money.
Institutional hierarchy and theft of the commons are the result of our using money as the means of organising society, activities and relationships.
Consequently, when Tony talks about solutions, he is framing them within the current paradigm of institutional hierarchy, as if a change of government policies will magically transform life for humanity. It will never happen because the structure, created and fuelled by money and the ideology of destruction that underpins it, will not allow it.
We need to replace the structure by creating something better.
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – R. Buckminster Fuller