Riane Eisler: “Partnership and Domination Systems”
By Nate Hagens, originally published by The Great Simplification March 27, 2024
"...What we value at the individual and family level directly translates to the way we frame our governance systems – societies that emphasize empathy and caring also implement the same types of policies and values. How could we foster the more cooperative side of our humanity across all scales to create empowered communities and balanced decision making? What societies – past and present – lean towards a partnership paradigm and what benefits do their people receive? Is it possible to move away from violence and control oriented systems and into ones that value wide boundaries of empathy and understand the vital nature of care work?"
They had me at "chaos theory" which is the last item in the show's table of contents, at 1:06:03 if you're curious, lol.
@shekinahcancook thanks for the link. It is as a huge fan that I laughed in a couple of places when the host valiantly kept trying to get a 93 yo scholar to be specific about what Partnership Societies would look like. From my perspective: policies valuing the well being of people/planet far more than profits, and use of compassion based decision making would be widespread. Because of this: extreme poverty and war machines wouldn't exist, violence would rare, etc. IOW: Basic progressive values.
Yes, those are important principles. I think maybe she's trying to avoid cookie cutter solutions. Each community has it's own culture and also unique eco-geological issues that basically mean hand crafting policies for ezch community. What works ok in one place might crash and burn in another. It's kind of funny to me that often men want "policies" and outlines and check boxes ✔ but women are usually fine with taking principles and crafting personalized solutions. 🤷♀️
@shekinahcancook yup, I didn't see it that way in the video initially, but you're quite likely right. And it's certainly a very specific value for a Partnership orientation.
I worked for years in MH in what's called a "High Fidelity" Wraparound format (which vigorously believes in that highly individualized/localized approach) and we had really good success directly because of this
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