Opening in Do minor
You can’t solve a problem with the same way of thinking that created it.
I lack imagination you say
No. I lack language.
The language to clarify
my resistance…
The vision of a world tending towards social and environmental justice needs to be built collectively, and most certainly in the diversity and plurality of voices. It’s about building a grassroots movement in response to major global challenges.
Why a manifesto ?
The answer is both simple and complex. Simply put, the metamorphosis required to confront the current civilizational crisis demands a response commensurate with the challenges we face. We can no longer be satisfied with half-measures. The temptation to simply modify our relationship with the economy, by making it more social and ecological, is not enough. The reflex of wholesale reformism, in which we modify our public policies piecemeal to make them more operational, would only generate a placebo effect.
A more complex response requires us to recognize the multiple dimensions of the crisis and, above all, its historical depth. The crisis is holistic and demands a global response, which in turn requires a rethinking of the civilizational order. The call to refound the world requires new cultural orientations and new institutional and organizational arrangements.
For legitimate and relevant governance to take place, an ideal or dream to be achieved is required. This ideal or dream cannot be decreed at random or at the whim of some enlightened elite. The vision of a world tending towards social and environmental justice needs to be built collectively in the diversity and plurality of voices.
The civilizational transition currently underway is being nurtured by various proposals for overcoming the global crisis affecting us. These paths mobilize knowledge and resources. They are mutually opposed to one another. As a result, debates are currently taking place on these options, and interests are pitted against each other. History reminds us that the tearing apart of ideas and interests is easily inflamed. They eventually give way to tensions which, as they grow ever stronger, often give way to more or less radical, more or less violent conflictual action. The transition to a new civilizational order will not be without debate. Questioning the dominant powers rarely happens without generating repressive action. Resistance and opposition will arise. This is bound to lead to rifts.
Keywords : civilisation, justice, manifesto, transition