Notizen vom 14. Januar 2013
--- English version follows below ---
Wir stecken in einem Teufelkreis. Die Wirtschaft ist global und einige Probleme wie z.B. Klima, Finanzen sind nur global zu lösen. Sie werden zunehmen bedrohlicher. Mit länderzentrischem Denken allein geht es nicht mehr.
Wenn du erkennst, dass es den Teufelskreis gibt, kannst du auch verstehen, dass die Geschäftsleute nicht ausbrechen können. Ein Gefühl von Vergebung kam durch dieses Verständnis auf, jedoch auch ein Gefühl der Verantwortung, wir müssen etwas tun. Wenn es die Möglichkeit des Simultanen gibt, müssen wir etwas tun. Alles was wir tun müssen ist vergeben und neu Verantwortung übernehmen.
Fragen:
Ist es nicht zu unverbindlich?
We find ourselves stuck in a vicious circle of destructive international competition. Capital moves freely, the economy is global and many problems, such as climate change and financial market regulation, can only be solved at the global level. And yet governance remains merely national. So governments have to compete destructively with each other to attract capital; a competition that’s incompatible with solving global problems. While we continue to think and govern ourselves nation-centrically, we won’t find a way out.
People at a postmodern, green-meme level see global problems, but they haven’t understood the vicious circle. They don’t see how the need for each nation to maintain its economic competitiveness—to remain attractive to global investors and markets—prevents governments from acting substantively on global problems.
People at an early-integral, yellow-meme level are too strongly focused on the individual quadrants (eg. Conscious Capitalism). What green and yellow share is the belief that global problems can be solved without politics; that is, without engaging with established electoral processes. Hence, we see people today running away from politics. But can we really solve global problems without politics?
John’s mother asked him what he would do? In a flash of inspiration, he responded that the vicious circle could only be broken through global, simultaneous action by all (or sufficient) nations. Simultaneous action would allow global problems to be solved without any nation losing out. It would cooperation in every nation’s interests and offer a whole new world of possibilities.
When you see and understand the vicious circle, you see why business-people and politicians cannot act in the way we (and perhaps they, themselves) would like. From this realisation, we understand the dilemma they’re caught in, and we can forgive them. But at the same time, having recognised the problem, and having seen how our leaders and business-people are caught in it, we have to take responsibility for solving it. The watchwords of Simpol, then, are forgiveness and taking responsibility.
How: A political process to drive governments towards global co-operation. Simpol supporters declare that they will give strong voting preference at future elections to politicians who have signed a Pledge to implement Simpol simultaneously alongside other governments. They thus form an increasingly powerful voting block. Politicians who sign the Pledge can gain their support. But a politician who fails to sign, risks losing their seat to competing politicians who have signed. Thus, Simpol turbo-charges competition between candidates, making signing the Simpol Pledge in their strong electoral interests. Simpol doesn’t require a majority of citizens in any electoral area to be successful; it only needs the critical number!
For politicians, signing the Pledge is a win-win. They attract the votes of the Simpol’s voting block, but they don’t actually have to implement the policy until all or sufficient other nations have signed up. Thus, there’s no reason for them not to sign – unless they want to lose their seat to a competitor! In the UK at the last national election in 2010, 200 candidates from all the main political parties signed the Pledge. Of those, 24 are now Members of the UK Parliament. As global problems worsen, pressure on all politicians to support Simpol can only grow.
Simpol Suisse could easily be established. So far there are 20 supporters. In Germany, the campaign is already well-developed.
Questions:
Simpol doesn’t seem to be sufficiently binding on nations?
With Simpol we have the power of the vote. If enough people vote in the way described, politicians and governments won’t have any choice but to cooperate. Moreover, simultaneous action and combined policies make global cooperation in every nation’s interests. So with global problems getting worse, why wouldn’t they cooperate?
Isn’t there a danger of Simpol being co-opted by extremist groups?
While still a young organisation, that danger exists. But Simpol reserves the right not to publish Pledges of politicians. Thus, if an extremist far-right politician were to sign the Pledge, we may simply decide not publish it. However, as a general rule, if a party is legal, then it can participate. So the best way to avoid the danger of co-option, is to grow Simpol quickly into a large organisation with thousands of supporters so that any extremist elements then become insignificant and impotent.
Contact information:
Beim grünen Mem (Postmoderne) sieht man die Probleme und hat die Perspektive, hat aber den Teufelskreis nicht verstanden. Sie sehen die Bremse nicht, die der Erhalt der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit bedeutet. Beim gelben Mem (Integrales) wird sich sehr stark auf das Individuelle konzentriert. Grün und Gelb wollen die Welt ohne Politik retten und hier stellt sich die Frage, ob wir wirklich ohne Politik auskommen. Alle rennen weg.
Seine Mutter fragte John, was wollt ihr tun für diese Probleme? Diese Frage liess ihn nicht mehr schlafen bis die Antwort kam: Wir benötigen eine gemeinsame, abgestimmte Aktionen. Wenn wir gleichzeitig gleichgeschaltet aktiv sein können, können wir den Teufelskreis durchbrechen und es gibt ganz neue Möglichkeiten.
Seine Mutter fragte John, was wollt ihr tun für diese Probleme? Diese Frage liess ihn nicht mehr schlafen bis die Antwort kam: Wir benötigen eine gemeinsame, abgestimmte Aktionen. Wenn wir gleichzeitig gleichgeschaltet aktiv sein können, können wir den Teufelskreis durchbrechen und es gibt ganz neue Möglichkeiten.
Wenn du erkennst, dass es den Teufelskreis gibt, kannst du auch verstehen, dass die Geschäftsleute nicht ausbrechen können. Ein Gefühl von Vergebung kam durch dieses Verständnis auf, jedoch auch ein Gefühl der Verantwortung, wir müssen etwas tun. Wenn es die Möglichkeit des Simultanen gibt, müssen wir etwas tun. Alles was wir tun müssen ist vergeben und neu Verantwortung übernehmen. - Dazu braucht es Massnahmen, die Länder nicht alleine implementieren können (nur für diese ist Simpol da nicht für nationale Belange)
- Dies ist von allen oder genügend Ländern simultan zu implementieren
- Globale Massnahmenkonzepte werden von Bürgern und NGO’s (Nichtregierungsorganisationen wie Green Peace, WWF etc.) entwickelt, die nationalen Politiker können das nicht, da sind in der Zwangsjacke sind. Die NGO’s haben schon viele Massnahmen sehr gut entwickelt, sie haben das Wie noch nicht.
- Simpol ist dafür, dass man Massnahmen miteinander kombiniert. Wenn man nur ein Thema nimmt, hat man keine Möglichkeit die Verlierer zu kompensieren. Aber mit mehreren kann man das abgleichen.
Wie: Simpol ist ein politische Prozess. Wir wählen die Politiker, die folgende Selbstverpflichtung unterschreiben: “Ich implementiere Simpol sobald genügend Länder das unterschrieben haben”. Der Wettbewerb unter den Kandidaten wird so angeheizt und auf das globale Thema bezogen. Es ist keine Mehrheit erforderlich, nur ein kritischer Anteil.
Für den Politiker ist die Simpol-Zugehörigkeit auch ein Vorteil, weil die Simpol-Leute eher für ihn stimmen. Wenn die globalen Probleme schlimmer werden, ist der Druck grösser. 200 Kandidaten haben in England unterschrieben und 24 Politiker davon sind an der Macht. Die erste Phase von Simpol ist die nationale Diversitätsphase. Die zweite Phase ist diejenige der globalen Einheit und findet erst statt, wenn die politische Unterstützung schon sehr umfassend ist. Vielleicht in 20 Jahren. Simpol Suisse könnte impliziert werden. Bis jetzt gibt es 20 Unterstützende in der Schweiz. In Deutschland sind sie schon recht aktiv 
daran.
daran. Fragen:
Ist es nicht zu unverbindlich?
Mit Simpol haben wir bei genügend Beteiligung die Wahlmacht. Es wird Konsequenzen für denjenigen Politiker haben, die nicht tun was sie versprochen haben.
Könnte Simpol nicht für ungeeignete Gruppen instrumentalisiert werden?
Könnte Simpol nicht für ungeeignete Gruppen instrumentalisiert werden?
Wenn wir sehr jung sind ist diese Gefahr da. Simpol behält sich das Recht vor z.B. Aussenrechtspolitik nicht zu publizieren. Wenn eine Partei rechtlich erlaubt ist kann Simpol nichts dagegen machen, Simpol kann aber radikale Politiker nicht propagieren.
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John Bunzl on Simpol
Notes from 14th January, 2013.We find ourselves stuck in a vicious circle of destructive international competition. Capital moves freely, the economy is global and many problems, such as climate change and financial market regulation, can only be solved at the global level. And yet governance remains merely national. So governments have to compete destructively with each other to attract capital; a competition that’s incompatible with solving global problems. While we continue to think and govern ourselves nation-centrically, we won’t find a way out.
People at a postmodern, green-meme level see global problems, but they haven’t understood the vicious circle. They don’t see how the need for each nation to maintain its economic competitiveness—to remain attractive to global investors and markets—prevents governments from acting substantively on global problems.
People at an early-integral, yellow-meme level are too strongly focused on the individual quadrants (eg. Conscious Capitalism). What green and yellow share is the belief that global problems can be solved without politics; that is, without engaging with established electoral processes. Hence, we see people today running away from politics. But can we really solve global problems without politics?
John’s mother asked him what he would do? In a flash of inspiration, he responded that the vicious circle could only be broken through global, simultaneous action by all (or sufficient) nations. Simultaneous action would allow global problems to be solved without any nation losing out. It would cooperation in every nation’s interests and offer a whole new world of possibilities.
When you see and understand the vicious circle, you see why business-people and politicians cannot act in the way we (and perhaps they, themselves) would like. From this realisation, we understand the dilemma they’re caught in, and we can forgive them. But at the same time, having recognised the problem, and having seen how our leaders and business-people are caught in it, we have to take responsibility for solving it. The watchwords of Simpol, then, are forgiveness and taking responsibility.
- For this, we need policies to solve global problems that nations cannot implement alone. (Simpol exists only for such policies – NOT for policies implementable by individual nations).
- These are to be implemented by all, or sufficient, nations simultaneously (i.e. Simpol – the Simultaneous Policy). That way, everyone wins.
- These policies would be designed, not by politicians, but by citizens: by supporters of Simpol. (NGOs who already have well-developed policy solutions can offer advice and suggestions)
- Multi-issue policy agenda: Policy measures should be combined so that nations that might lose on one policy can gain on another (eg. combine a carbon emissions policy with a financial transactions tax. The biggest carbon emitting countries could thus be compensated from the proceeds of the tax, so making substantive cooperation in their interests)
How: A political process to drive governments towards global co-operation. Simpol supporters declare that they will give strong voting preference at future elections to politicians who have signed a Pledge to implement Simpol simultaneously alongside other governments. They thus form an increasingly powerful voting block. Politicians who sign the Pledge can gain their support. But a politician who fails to sign, risks losing their seat to competing politicians who have signed. Thus, Simpol turbo-charges competition between candidates, making signing the Simpol Pledge in their strong electoral interests. Simpol doesn’t require a majority of citizens in any electoral area to be successful; it only needs the critical number!
For politicians, signing the Pledge is a win-win. They attract the votes of the Simpol’s voting block, but they don’t actually have to implement the policy until all or sufficient other nations have signed up. Thus, there’s no reason for them not to sign – unless they want to lose their seat to a competitor! In the UK at the last national election in 2010, 200 candidates from all the main political parties signed the Pledge. Of those, 24 are now Members of the UK Parliament. As global problems worsen, pressure on all politicians to support Simpol can only grow.
Simpol Suisse could easily be established. So far there are 20 supporters. In Germany, the campaign is already well-developed.
Questions:
Simpol doesn’t seem to be sufficiently binding on nations?
With Simpol we have the power of the vote. If enough people vote in the way described, politicians and governments won’t have any choice but to cooperate. Moreover, simultaneous action and combined policies make global cooperation in every nation’s interests. So with global problems getting worse, why wouldn’t they cooperate?
Isn’t there a danger of Simpol being co-opted by extremist groups?
While still a young organisation, that danger exists. But Simpol reserves the right not to publish Pledges of politicians. Thus, if an extremist far-right politician were to sign the Pledge, we may simply decide not publish it. However, as a general rule, if a party is legal, then it can participate. So the best way to avoid the danger of co-option, is to grow Simpol quickly into a large organisation with thousands of supporters so that any extremist elements then become insignificant and impotent.
Contact information:
Global site: www.simpol.org Email: info@simpol.org
German site: http://de.simpol.org Swiss site: http://ch.simpol.org
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