Occupy
The Occupy Wall Street movement needs a positive vision that can embrace everyone, both as actors to work for a better future, and as beneficiaries of this better future. One such vision can be community, reaffirming that we are one people, sharing a common history and common ideals.
A central tenet of an ideology of community must be enablement, not as a theoretical concept but as a lived reality.
What do children require to live up to the American ideal? They require nurturance, love, positive guidance, the example of good models and good education.
They need to feel that their society is just and feel respected in it. It is a caring society, a good community, that enables people to both take responsibility for their own lives and contribute to the social good.
This positive vision should be inclusive, many wealthy people in this country can be attracted to such an ideal of community.
A positive vision that people can rally around is community and enablement. A related one is a vision of a society that fulfills everyone's basic needs, not only material, but psychological, as well. Including needs for security, for feelings of effectiveness, for a positive identity, for connection to others and for some degree of autonomy.
Creating a constructive vision that inspires people is an essential first step.
Psychology Today
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