SIMPOL – Global People Power Through Open-Source Politics

All the way up the evolutionary ladder, unsustainable levels of competition challenge life forms to either adapt to reach species maturity, or die off as a failed experiment. Adaption means the creation of new, increasingly complex forms of co-operation. The most profound and topical example of this is that social and environmental problems are now global, requiring a global response, integrating the national and local response. For the first time ever, nature, human nature, is being forced to accept collective responsibility across borders and to organise and act for mutual benefit and for the good of the planet. We certainly have the means and technology to do so.

Presently, national politics isn’t functioning because all governments are threatened by global big business stating that tough regulation will mean jobs and money moving to other, more business-friendly countries. Therefore, demanding change, especially at the national level, is no longer enough on its own. We recognise that ‘international economic competition’ is the underlying problem restricting all governments from acting in the best interest of their citizens and the environment. On moral grounds, ‘international economic competition’ should no longer be accepted as the way things are. How else can or should international competition be overcome, other than by co-operative people power? Therefore global grassroots co-operation is the logical, moral and holistic response.