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Australian
Egalitarian Movement's (AEM's) Website
Representing Social & Economic
Equality,
or Anti-elitism,
including Anti-capitalism
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Egalitarianists can unite and begin to gain a political voice within society
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Within this website, we explain....
- how Egalitarianism serves to
quickly solve many of our social, environmental, ecological, and
economic problems, and how elitism, and particularly capitalism
serves to create these problems;
- how all elitist societies develop
through abuse of power (i.e. institutionalised corruption); and why
they are completely unnecessary;
- why Egalitarianism is rational,
fair, and just, and why it can also out compete capitalist societies
economically, technologically, and in the quality of goods
and services;
- how the AEM intends to achieve and
maintain Egalitarianism, how the AEM's Egalitarian economy works,
and how easy it is for everyone to understand (unlike the capitalist
economy);
- the many reasons why the AEM's
Egalitarian culture will be a much more pleasurable and rewarding
alternative for
its citizens and descendants;
- why the change to the AEM's Egalitarian Constitution
will be relatively painless for everybody, including our existing elite;
-
what
the AEM means by Egalitarianism; and
- much more, including our other
major political and social policies/philosophies.
Before we set about the task of trying to
justify the sensibility of Egalitarianism, we thought it
might be sensible to first show you just some of the amazing benefits
that are created by becoming and Egalitarian society (See the list
below).
It should be mentioned however, that not all of these benefits are created by Egalitarianism
alone. That
is, the AEM incorporates many new ideas into it's policies to make
Egalitarianism work and remain incorruptible. Find out more by visiting the links indexed on our our 'Major
Policies' web page.
These links lead to web pages that briefly discuss and explain our
reasoning for each policy, as well as provide arguments against elitist
societies in general, and particularly against our contemporary capitalist
society.
Just Some of the
Amazing Social, Environmental, Ecological, and Economic Benefits that
the AEM Guarantees to Achieve
within the Time Frames Indicated, Upon Changing the Constitution to
Egalitarianism
This list does not
explain how we achieve such impressive results, so you may be doubtful,
but the answers to most of your questions can be found somewhere within
this website, so take the time to investigate it and educate yourself at
the same time. Certain benefits may serve to make some groups of people or workers very
concerned, but you need not worry (See our 'The
Installation of the AEM's Egalitarian Constitution will be
Relatively Painless for Everybody'
web page).
Within 24 hours
- No involuntary homelessness
(This 24 hour
time frame does not apply to people who are living in
extremely remote regions).
- No hunger.
Within 1 month
- No income taxes or
levies, and no tax returns.
- No licensing fees (of any sort).
- No insurance bills (of any sort, although
people may need to pay excess, and penalties will apply for people who
are
reckless with property).
- No new
addicts to substances (e.g.
nicotine, heroin). This will be achieved without needing to punish,
detrimentally affect, or socially outcast the existing
addicted population.
- No car registration
fees.
- Up to a 90% saving in the costs associated
with domestic advertising and marketing.
- Any socially or economically beneficial
technology, system, or invention, etc, produced by Australian
people will be financed and developed by the state (i.e. not
offshore).
- Land clearing will almost cease.
Within 3 months
- No banks,
financial institutions, or insurance companies other than a national
bank (which alone will save the nation over $25 Billion
annually).
- Only plastic money (i.e.
consumer cards).
- No more deliberate overcharging or rip-offs.
- No more confidence artists.
- No more black markets.
- No more organised crime.
- The release and processing of most
prisoners associated with non-violent property crimes, non-payment of fines,
illegal drug use (as these
social problems will no longer be an issue within the AEM's
Egalitarian society).
- No young adults entering the workforce
will ever experience unemployment.
- No longer need to fear being made redundant by
new technological advancements, downsizing, environmental concerns, or changes to
the constitution. We will always find another suitable job for you (usually long
before the job or industry ceases).
- Basic
economic security for all.
- No more need for domestic charities.
The Egalitarian state takes care of everybody.
- Individuals and
families will no longer bare the costs of natural disasters,
the reclaiming of land, or sickness.
- No new workers' compensation disputes,
because it is the state's responsibility to fund everybody's medical
and recuperation costs, no mater where we are injured.
- No wage disputes.
Within 1 year
- No education fees (from preschool to
postgraduate studies).
- Free health and
dental care for all children and
adults (limitations may apply after retirement), and free ambulance
service.
- No personal debts (because there is no
credit available, and there is no need for credit), except for
those people who choose to continue paying off items that were
bought prior to the AEM winning government).
- Up to a 95% reduction in property crime.
- No more corruption.
- A vehicle will be
easily affordable for any full-time worker, and vehicle maintenance
will be free.
- Free 24-hour childcare
service for working parents, and free after hours childcare (up to a standard amount).
- Those people (who are willing) who are
over 45 and employed in physically demanding occupations will be
provided the opportunity to do non-physical work for over 50% of the
working week.
- Future divorce settlements
will no longer be required in relation to material assets.
-
No more disputes
associated with non-payment of child support.
Within 5 years
- A large increase in
funding and staffing of educational and preschool institutions (with a big focus on
evening up the representation of both genders in all areas of
education and child care).
- A much more people-friendly workplace.
- Physiotherapy will be provided to all
workers at or near the workplace.
- The provision of extensive resources,
which allow anybody to publicly challenge the state on any issue.
- A reduction in the consumption and
exportation of non-renewable resources.
- Major inroads into ecological and
environmental restoration.
- Sizable reductions in legal
disputes.
- Substantially less need for law enforcement services.
- Multi-occupations (i.e. your working day, week,
and year can be divided into quite different occupations,
including physical and non-physical labour).
- Much of the foreign owned businesses and
land within Australia will have been bought back.
As you will see when you read our other
web pages, there are many other
benefits to be had by becoming an Egalitarian society, and you will be happy to learn that we
will not borrow any money to achieve any of them, and
never will. In fact, after we pay off the debts that
have been created by our capitalist society and by changing to an
Egalitarian society, we expect that our economy
will improve dramatically.
Most people seem to believe
that social problems such as (long-term) unemployment, occupational
insecurity, property crimes, corruption, (child) homelessness, substance
addictions, poverty, and aboriginal poverty, are inevitable facts of
life. We in the AEM, declare that all these social problems are created
by elitism because elitism is socially dysfunctional.
Many people assume that
Egalitarianism is not possible, or believe that it is unfair to certain people,
or that it will hinder technological advancement, or that it will only be possible in the
distant future when our technology is so advanced that material wants
are no longer a concern. The existence of the AEM indicates that we have also concluded otherwise. Further, even if Egalitarianism is unfair to certain
people (which it isn't), it seems as though it is worth being unfair
to these people when you consider the incredible array of social and
other benefits that are created by becoming an Egalitarian society. Being
treated the same as everybody else doesn't seem to be too unfair to us.
In fact, it seems like a silly argument when you consider how much
unfairness the contemporary capitalist constitution creates and how severely one
can be disadvantaged by this unfairness.
Unfortunately, understanding why
elitism is invalid, unnecessary, and socially dysfunctional, and why
Egalitarianism is a much superior form of social organisation, requires more than a quick statement or analogy: it requires a complete
re-education, which we begin to provide within this website.
So,
come on in, and find out what good culture and good leadership entails,
but better yet, become a member of the AEM and help
prevent the bleak future that capitalism is creating for Australia and the rest of the world.
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