Progressivism is Dead

Progressivism is the political movement claimed by dissatisfied Liberals. Unfortunately, just like Liberalism or Conservatism, progressivism takes its place within the status quo socioeconomic system and seeks for incremental changes. The hypocritical nature of this movement should be easy to identify.

When pressed, it's easy to imagine a strong majority of those who label themselves progressive are unwilling to give up their elite standing in the world system. Rather, just like liberals or conservatives, they would prefer to change the system slowly, over time, while maintaining their comfortable positions within it. Progressives speak about ideas like being better to the environment or poor people but, at the end of the day, they prepare to go back to their jobs within the system that continue to abuse the environment and protect them from the realities of poverty.

Progressives are not prepared to radically change the system into one that is best for all.

If you are prepared to change yourself and then the world system into one that is best for all, investigate DIP Lite, the FREE online course where you learn about the nature of thoughts, feelings, and emotions and our tendency to become possessed by these constructs.

Research the Living Income Guaranteed Proposal by The Equal Life Foundation for a solution to end poverty and start on the path to Heaven on Earth.

Other important links:
Desteni
DIP PRO
EQAFE.com
Living Income Guaranteed
 

Payday Lenders- Why do they Exist?

 The chairman of the US Democratic Party has come under fire recently for her supposed support for payday lenders in a wider discussion taking place around the industry. A "payday" loan is a short-term loan that is unsecured by any property of the borrower. While the borrower intends to pay back the loan as future paychecks come in, most borrowers are forced to roll the debt over into additional loans, resulting in additional fees and ever-increasing debt. Annual percentage rates average 339 percent (meaning consumers end up paying more than 3.3x more than the original amount of the loan, if they ever pay it off).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau- part of the US federal government- has come under fire for newly proposed rules that would force lenders to verify borrower's incomes and limit the amount of additional loans people can take out. Industry proponents argue this would hurt profits and deny many people who rely on these loans for emergencies a financial lifeline.

Problem
It's true that millions of Americans rely upon these payday loans in emergencies. And at least some of the 16,000 payday lenders that exist probably charge too-high interest rates.

But, the real problem lies beneath the surface. Something is quite wrong if millions of people are forced to turn to these loans to make ends meet.

Solution
If we implemented a living income guaranteed, nobody would have to take out loans at hundreds of percent interest. We can as a society decide that no person should ever fall below the income required to take care of their basic needs.

Reward
Imagine if the $7 billion in fees payday loan companies make in a year were directed elsewhere in the economy. For example, going to support peoples' health and education. Imagine if nobody had to choose between having their power/water shut off or taking out a loan at 390 percent interest. Perhaps property crime would drop if people were not faced with the desperate situation of having to find money to eat (or pay off loans) or to go hungry (or face additional debt). 

Maybe you can think of additional benefits.

If supporting a solution to end poverty and harmful payday loans interest you, research a Living Income Guaranteed Proposal.

See also: 
Living Income Guaranteed  
Living Income- Wordpress
Equal Money
Desteni   

Sources:
http://www.bankrate.com/financing/banking/cfpb-troubling-stats-on-payday-loans/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/business/dealbook/payday-borrowings-debt-spiral-to-be-curtailed.html?_r=0
https://njaes.rutgers.edu/sshw/message/message.asp?p=Finance&m=156

The Problem with #FeelTheBern

While Sen. Bernie Sanders certainly deserves credit for shining the light on wealth inequality in the 2016 Presidential campaign, the political revolution he repeatedly calls for has yet to materialize. The reasons for this are twofold.

The first reason the movement to #FeelTheBern hasn't and likely won't materialize in any real, substantive change that is best for all is simply because creating change in the system requires more than sharing inspirational messages on Twitter or even showing up to vote. It requires change within to be able to put oneself in the shoes of those abused by the system and then work towards implementing real changes that actually improve the lives of such beings to an acceptable level. Many Sanders supporters are comfortable posting something to Facebook, perhaps even donating money to his campaign, and then going to vote for the man in the primary. Perhaps progressive Americans have a short memory but voting for a single person and expecting change didn't work in 2008 and it won't work in 2016.

The second reason why Sen. Bernie Sanders isn't the savior we've been waiting for is that he, himself, hasn't undergone the changes necessary to understand what it takes to replace the current system with something that values all lives equally. This is not to fault the man, although Desteni has made the tools of self-change public for nearly a decade and, at this point, the choice not to utilize them belies a certain sense of self-deception... Thus, Sanders' approach is still rooted in the old ways of doing things and his mindset seems to be rooted in a certain nationalistic American exceptionalism that, unfortunately, puts him in the same playing field as all of the other candidates with their rhetoric of making America great, or greater, or the greatest. It's partly a reflection of the zeitgeist of today, but any call for revolution that seeks to maintain American superiority is bound to be short-lived. American superiority/exceptionalism/greatness (or whatever you want to call it) is inherently based upon the perpetuation of self-interest as if its pervasiveness was a cultural success.

To those who support Sanders' call for a revolution and are genuinely interested in a politics of equality, I suggest to first start with investigating oneself through the free, online DIP Lite course. Within, you'll learn the nature of the thoughts, emotions, and feelings that dictate our daily participation in 'life' and learn to CHANGE them and thus yourself into a more effective being capable of the compassion and empathy required to be a leader in bringing about a new world order. Did I mention its free?

For further investigation:
Desteni.org
Living Income Guaranteed
Self-Perfection Merchandise at EQAFE.com