“Now I have one more important question: How
did you manage the transition? How did you create your Joytopia? Was their any
opposition? Was the transition possible without violence?”
“You remember that most of the nations were
democracies shortly before the transition. That was a very good thing since in
a democracy you can change everything if you have a majority. Do you remember
that peaceful changes have been accomplished even in dictatorships on your
planet? I’m thinking of India or the reunification of Germany. It’s much easier
to make changes in democracies.
It started with some people on Freegaia from
the most different classes of society who exposed the causes of the old
problems and looked for new ways. First of all, they found many different
solutions but gradually the really sustainable solutions emerged. The new
social networks created on the internet proved to be extremely favourable. All
the necessary software was available at no cost through the open-source
movement and Creative Commons made it possible for content to circulate freely.
Portals for online petitions that could reach
millions of people at once were created. New political parties developed
methods of grassroots democracy with the help of the internet. Protection of
nature and the environment were already public issues. Free energy was
gradually starting to be discussed. More and more initiatives and organisations
were campaigning for peace, social justice, a basic income and a new monetary
system. A global change was imminent.
Although the Natural Economy of Life combined
many of the single elements right from the start, its advocates had a hard time
at the beginning and were often not understood. People don’t like having
something foisted on them and they wanted to find the solution themselves. And
that’s fine. But now the ground was prepared and the Natural Economy of Life no
longer seemed much different from other progressive concepts. Besides, it isn’t
something laid down but is a developing research project which everyone is
invited to contribute to.
The gradido social network was developed
open source. The Gradido Academy was created as a free research network to
simulate the Natural Economy of Life and to test and further develop the
gradido, the living money, as we called it. Thanks to the decentral
structure, communities, associations and organisations were able to communicate
with each other. This was how the gradido network was able to spread.
Information on the subject was published under
a Creative Commons license. It was
allowed to be freely copied and circulated. That was really simple on the
internet: you just needed to send the link to your friends. They, in turn, sent
it to their friends and so on. In this way it was possible to reach a very
large number of people all over the world very quickly.
The research results were collated and the
model further refined. An increasing number of people pronounced themselves in
favour of it. Online petitions were organised worldwide and these finally led
to referendums. The result was phenomenal: the large majority of the population
decided in favour of the new model of the natural economy of life.”
“Was there opposition, too?“
“Yes! The banks, which had helped to create the
government debt, were against it at the beginning. Some people had fears
concerning their property. Others believed that if there was a basic income not
enough goods would be produced. Here the superiority of the active basic
income, which guarantees unconditional participation, was shown: basic income
is not handed out to all and sundry but is tied to an active contribution to
the common good.
Informing people worldwide then brought about
the turnaround: even members of banks started to speak out in favour of the
Natural Economy of Life. So the initial opposition disappeared in the course of
time.”
“Did everything go smoothly after the
successful referendum?“
“Of course there were difficulties at the
beginning but they were nothing compared to problems of the old time.”
“Dear Very, good friend! Thank you so much for
this information! I still have one final question before I go back: Where
exactly is Freegaia located?”
“A moment ago it was still on another planet
but now it is deep in your heart. Good luck!”
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