Imagine

Once upon a time....back in the late mid to late 60's there seemed to be an air of hope. There was a cultural revolution brewing. A change of conciousnes especially amoung the young people of the world. The Vietnam war was seen as a mistake. (Not
unlike Iraq in recent years)

The so called "hippie generation" thought they could change the world on a
ticket of love and peace. There was nothing wrong with this idea. If it had
succeeded 35 year on we would be enjoying a peaceful world of great
abundance. The reasons it did not happen were twofold.

(1) It failed to reach critical mass of the world at large. The internet was
not around at that time and global telecommunications were expensive. The
vehicle it tried to use was music, art and literature. With the internet
today the chances are it would succeed.

(2) Old money. The previous generation of "successful capitalists" i.e.
money hoarders were the parents of the generation who wanted change. They
saw that if the world embraced a ticket of love and peace their wealth
(perceived advantage) would be instantly worthless.

Captialists cannot believe in sharing since the whole premise of capitalism
as the world knows it is to strip wealth from others to hoard and accumulate
for ones own ends. Often confused with "The American Dream" To be free, to
have a nice home in a safe neighbourhood, a good education is seem
synonymous to being a successful capitalist. This is just the illusion of
the capitalist. Communism was seen as no better and still is not a viable
alternative. The worlds religions are often viewed as a vehicle to
manipulate the masses by a few of their leaders.

An omnipotent angry God will punish you for ever if you do not believe and
follow these rules.

No - The world needs a new system. Fair and open enough to be accepted,
tollerated by all of the world's citizens. New age thought is growing in the
world which is what remains of the failed hippie revolution. However, New
age thinking is gathering momentum with much dissatisfaction of the current
systems of world order which simply give power to the few over the many at
the expense of the many.

John Lennon wrote the song "Imagine" which summed up his generation. His
generation, my generation are now the old money. it is not too late to make
our generation count . Things we used to believe in are now more important
in the world than ever.

We need to change to survive as a race. "Imagine" what the world could be
like. We have the power to change it. We have the medium to change it in the
internet. Lets simply say "Change"