I just finished reading a book "To have or to be" written by Erich Fromm. On the blog I have written about first impressions of this extremely interesting reading ( here.) Then I wondered whether the author will propose a practical implementation of the values \u200b\u200bdescribed in the book. It happened, but I can not feel satisfied.
Fromm at the outset assume that capitalism prevents the full force of the so-called. modus being . At the moment it seems to me that he is right, because I can not imagine the universal happiness of capitalism in its current stage of development, clumsily written about it yesterday in this post and above all in the comments to him . As the only form of the universal superiority of being over the possession of Fromm sees the new, completely different from the capitalist system. There would be no surprise if it was not certain difficulties in implementing this system. The author proposes a revolution aimed at introducing a new state, I in turn think that you need a gentle, slow evolution, so that the capitalist system has passed almost unnoticed. People can call the newly created creature, even though capitalism that your prototype will have little in common.
Fromm on the very concept of actions of the Member seems to me utopian, inadequate and inconsistent. Inconsistency is most visible in the place where he proposed the creation of the supreme council of culture, which rządziłaby ethically on the basis of authority. Fromm says that the authorities are clear and easy to indicate what is in contradiction with his earlier theory that the passing of authority espousing the authority is not always very easy to this "position" to lose. Fromm, however, stubbornly proposing to entrust the fate of several auorytetom moral state who would make up around him holding the custody of the council of culture of the scientific council and other councils not listed in the book.
For me, a better alternative now seems to be as authoritative selection of politicians by voting in single-member constituencies. However, there remains the question of human choice. We do not know how to get people to say to not vote for empty promises behind a nice mug, but the people who will ensure sustainable development in the direction of universal happiness. People who will be working on the introduction of this plan, and not on maintaining the results of the survey on the "right" positions. It seems to me it is enough to trigger a cascade of positive changes leading to the establishment of a new alternative to the capitalist system. What remains is "just" think of how to enable the execution of this first step.
But back to "Have that be." book with a clear conscience I can recommend to anyone who is not afraid to think . It is written in such a way that almost no way an intelligent man to agree with all conclusions of the author, which stimulates their own reflections on these issues. Despite the small volume of the book can take a lot of time, often because after reading the page or two, we get food for thought for a few good hours. The disadvantage of the described item is the inequality, the author sometimes happens to a digression on a few pages, which brings little to the topic distracted our attention. In addition, at the end of Fromm offers us a description of a utopian version of the world while trying to convince that it is quite simple to achieve. Reading the impression that this part of the book was credited later, perhaps at the request of publishers, and egg content is not completely thought out. Although these defects to stress once again that "To have or to be" is the heading, after which we will see.
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