Friday, October 24, 2014

How Far the Cult of the Individual?

Click here to access article by Phil Dahl-Bredine from Americas Program.

Many people in the US and Canada have much to learn from our indigenous neighbors to the south.
The communal democracies of these indigenous communities may be the only thing that could save Oaxaca’s lands from this new and vigorous onslaught of the cult of the individual and corporate gain.
...the occidental world has lost its ability to understand community and “communality”. The cult of the individual, the hero, the rich man, and private, personal ownership has permeated our consciousness without our understanding its ultimate consequences.
Read the article to find out how they live solidarity and community.