The Way of Mutual Care

How do we replace exploitation with mutual care? What are the essentials of this way of life? Here’s a real-life example to start, a picture to help us think clearly about where our world is today, and what it needs to be whole and healthy… We have always adopted...

The Logistics of Universal Healthcare

Let’s consider the logistics needed to create a system of universal healthcare, without a parasitic middleman layer. Is it beyond our abilities? No. We build extensive roads and complex transit systems. We have air-traffic control and thousands of airplanes in the sky...

Making Healthcare Mutual

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better. – Florence Nightingale Imagine if only the wealthy were allowed on the roads. Or only full-time executives, or only those born in certain ZIP codes. That would be...

For Each, From Each

Mutual care produces abundance, not deprivation. Of course. When we focus only on our rights, then taking what’s ours seems like a solution to inequity. But it isn’t. Taking is what bullies do. Taking ensures conflict. We need to think this through more fully. When we...

Joining Rights and Obligations

When we fully recognize the thefts, lies and villainy of bullies and parasites, we must resist and restrain them. And if we’ve in any way served their ends—through silence, complicity, or imitation—we must stop, awaken, and stand with those who care. To accomplish...