[governance] Yet another new -strategy - thread title: It may be broke - politically - but how to fix it, technopolitically? ; )

[Norbert Bollow]

> Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <apisan at unam.mx> wrote:
> > Please, though, help me: who has used the term "voluntary poverty"? 

I'll admit to having proposed that "eradicating involuntary poverty"
should be part of our goal. In fact I would even assert that it is
a human right of every poor person to demand this of us and of
everyone else who is in some way working in the realm of governance. 

Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:

> Come to think of it, the phrase used was "involuntary poverty".
> Which does exist in that people can suddenly become poor due to no
> fault of theirs (economic recession, layoffs ...)

or being born in a "developing country" to any but the few very
privileged families.

> Voluntary poverty might actually exist - as in cases where you become
> a monk and decide to cast away all your worldly goods and
> attachments.

That's exactly the example that I had in mind - I don't think that
such voluntary poverty, rare as it is, needs to be eradicated. It's the 
involuntary kind of poverty that is a problem, and in view of how
widespread it is, it's a huge problem.

> But I fail to see where that has a bearing on this
> issue, or where it suddenly becomes "politically sensitive".

Are there better ways to express what I had in mind?

Greetings,
Norbert

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