STEP THREE:
– The need for elements of control:
After the necessary political support has been realized, the steps and means for implementation need to be established. There will need to be some elements of control of at least the initially enrolled groups. Firstly, these elements of control would be aimed at eliminating any efforts to undermine the system by abusive actions aimed at increasing personal financial holdings at the cost of betting on a failed system implementation.
Secondly, they would be aimed at re-educating those enrolled into new consumption habits. Finally, without initial financial control implementations, large outflows of unrelated costs could undermine the intentions of the system implementation – which is to create a ecologically sustainable society.
Suggested control measures include, but may not be limited to the following:
- Added and extended financial audits of enrolled companies.
- All required purchases above a set limit shall need prior approval.
Important to note is that the price of the purchase shall not be a guiding factor. Instead, emphasis shall solely be on the effect the acquisition has in regard to climate related factors. However, many of the environmentally friendly things we need today are not available in large enough quantities to satisfy all consumption needs. For this reason, we are not able to immediately discontinue our consumption of that which negatively impacts our climate. Instead, we need to limit the spending on all aspects that have a negative impact on our environment and increase spending on those that have a negligible or positive effect on our environment. As a species, we live in a state of symbiosis with each other. Currently, our global symbiotic productive cycle is dedicated to the cheapest production methods instead of the most environmentally friendly production methods. It is this cycle that we as a species must change to save ourselves from global warming. By endorsing these necessary changes in human consumption behaviour with the aid of the DFU, the production of these environmentally friendly things is allowed to increase within the framework of the existing financial system.
The financial control of the allowed spending powers to those that are enrolled into Solidarism, therefore needs to be focused on realising the required change in our species’ spending behaviour as well as the recognition for the understanding of some continued spending on non-environmentally friendly products and services; with emphasis on phasing out the latter.
There also needs to be procedures in place on how to tackle possible large stock-market fluctuations prior to public roll-out of implementation intent. Exactly how these shall be designed will need to be negotiated – but I will not rule out an eventual need to invoke an all out freeze on all trading activities.
The success will lie in the ability to harmonise the change in spending behaviours with the added support for changing our ecological footprint.
