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Media, communication, art, psychology and humor. Trying to find a way that will bring these to communication form that will avoid manipulation.

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People are born to understand each other, we just need to communicate it right!

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Utopia, Revolution and Humor

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Writing poetry, painting and learning things no one cares about

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• A reply on Conversation: How should economy system that comes after capitalism look like?

  Feb 8 2012: Thank you for the gift.
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  A reply on Conversation: How should economy system that comes after capitalism look like?

  Feb 7 2012: I would guess that morality comes from empathy, but than, killing another person in duel was thing of honor and socially accepted until laws thought us it is a crime anyway.
  
  I never met people striving to Utopia in higher social circles. They don't think about it - because they don't have to. Also, talking about Utopia as an idea that is never to be achieved might be superficial, because that is old idea, and we have to include time reference - at its begging it promoted unimaginable heresy for its time: personal freedom, right to education, canceling death penalty, giving women right to profession, and right to not get married if they don't want to, and civil divorce, and tolerance among religions... So, comparing to where we started from, one could say we are half way there. Of course everything becomes more complicated and slow in overcrowded society.
  
  I wouldn't argue about good and evil, but I would stick to common basics of right and wrong, and I would like to hear a smart counter-argument to looking only after your ass being wrong. Social changes are necessary because it is a part of evolution, and it cant be evolution if a specie is killing itself. Now humans are specific, since we stopped doing physical positive selection, it is done in social manner. Only at this moment, at the top of food chain are those who function well in this environment that is not permanently sustainable.
  
  Now what ever might be solution for social problems we have, we wont find definite answer in this argument, but I believe having it is much more constructive and useful than watching tv at this moment.

• A comment on Conversation: How should economy system that comes after capitalism look like?

  Feb 6 2012: That should be next step in development of our society. But it seems that scientific process is taking a long time battling with profit orientated system.And if we reverse the equation. I think that economy is just consequential to other social rules we accept, and we have built this ideology of material that puts fear into people making them think that if society change they will lose all they have (the less possession they have, the fear is bigger). Now, if we could change economy first, and make some kind of support system for this one, maybe people will be more willing to change other things freely and creatively.

• A reply on Conversation: How should economy system that comes after capitalism look like?

  Feb 6 2012: That is why I asked this question, and I got some good answers :)

• A comment on Conversation: How should economy system that comes after capitalism look like?

  Feb 6 2012: And do you think that education of lower class over the time doesn't change a thing in this? Since slavery people have fought for freedom and equality, but it was more physical than intellectual battle. Now days with education, self-education and global connection social changes might look a bit different?
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  A reply on Conversation: How should economy system that comes after capitalism look like?

  Feb 6 2012: I couldn't agree more! I also believe that we exploited this system more than we could. I believe that capitalism as we know it or imagine it died few years ago, and now we only live in echo of what is still out there in global flow, and that wont last for too long.
  I would like to believe that that our society wont crush in painful manner, but those are only my hopes. I might be too much of fatalist, but I imagine new currency to be basic survival and life skills for transitional period, which can reset value and power system we have built. Anyway, this question is also my curiosity about weather people think about this at all, or they prefer denial. The more answers I get, the more obvious is that we cant have different economy without big social change.
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  A reply on Conversation: How should economy system that comes after capitalism look like?

  Feb 5 2012: Oh I agree with you, and I even think that good education could lead towards utopia but i do mind word Elite. I understand what you mean by that, but I also believe that any privileged group (no matter what is the base of those privileges) over the time becomes corrupted. I also believe that with good and equally distributed education people might lose need for social differing. And this is only if we reintroduce philosophy and ethics and do not question relevance of values.

• A reply on Conversation: How should economy system that comes after capitalism look like?

  Feb 5 2012: Thank you for the vision!
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  A reply on Conversation: How should economy system that comes after capitalism look like?

  Feb 4 2012: Well, I believe that democracy itself is a bit of a myth, any type of it. I also believe that it its next step must be utopia, since you cant take democracy back. At least not without bloodshed.
  Serbia these days is as disappointing as ever. Basically we have freedom of speech, but no one listens. If someone talks about real problems too loud, he is doing either social or both social and physical suicide... I believe things are gonna change soon, but they wont until enough smart people gather. I think we have good people in young generations. It is up to us to be politically counties.

• A reply on Conversation: How should economy system that comes after capitalism look like?

  Feb 4 2012: Thank you for this vision!