Is there room for a US Green Party?
Peter Green
As an environmentally conscious citizen and as someone who cares for social justice and equality, I'm wondering if I could find enough US citizens to start a new grassroots based movement. Are there any greens in the eUS? I hope to find out soon. If you want to contribute to a party based on the following principles, please contact me personally.
GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY: Every human being deserves a say in the decisions that affect their lives and not be subject to the will of another. Therefore, we will work to increase public participation at every level of government and to ensure that our public representatives are fully accountable to the people who elect them. We will also work to create new types of political organizations which expand the process of participatory democracy by directly including citizens in the decision-making process.
DECENTRALIZATION: Centralization of wealth and power contributes to social and economic injustice, environmental destruction, and militarization. Therefore, we support a restructuring of social, political and economic institutions away from a system which is controlled by and mostly benefits the powerful few, to a democratic, less bureaucratic system. Decision-making should, as much as possible, remain at the individual and local level, while assuring that civil rights are protected for all citizens.
NON-VIOLENCE: We recognize the need for self-defense and the defense of others who are in helpless situations. We promote non-violent methods to oppose practices and policies with which we disagree, and will guide our actions toward lasting personal, community and global peace.
RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY: We believe it is important to value cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual, religious and spiritual diversity, and to promote the development of respectful relationships across these lines.
PERSONAL AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY: We encourage individuals to act to improve their personal well-being and, at the same time, to enhance ecological balance and social harmony. We seek to join with people and organizations around the world to foster peace, economic justice, and the health of the planet.
FUTURE FOCUS AND SUSTAINABILITY: Our actions and policies should be motivated by long-term goals. We must counterbalance the drive for short-term profits by assuring that economic development, new technologies, and fiscal policies are responsible to future generations who will inherit the results of our actions.
Comments
This is a noble cause and the GRR wish you the best of luck with it.
Thank you for your support! If I get this movement going, we will be searching for international contacts all over eRepublik. I\'ll remember the GRR 😉
Not exactly applicable to erepublik...at all.
But good idea nonetheless.
I agree w/Banach, but I\'m voting for it anyways!!!
as applicable to E-Repub as any other party I reckon. Underneath the exterior of voting and political scale is an ideal that may not get expressed yet in game, and I emphasize the yet, but is still the backbone of the ideal behind the party.
Despite not applicable to eRepublic as game feature, this is still beta version, and it doesn\'t mean it couldn\'t be some features in v1. Sure would like to some bigger responsibility for local and state goverments...
You are on good course Peter...