50 ideas for the new city: #5 | Sarvodaya

"In some ways, it's almost like building a new city."

Sarvodaya: the practice of economic, political, and moral justice.

All creatures are included in a quest for universal well-being; all take their just share of the abundance of our Mother Earth. There is enough for every being’s needs and not enough for a single person’s greed. All enjoy the dignity of sharing their skills and talents. We are interdependent, made of each other, inextricably interconnected.

For the most part, the conversations around economic growth are driven by a "market rationality" that determines what we say yes to and what we say no to. "The market" is the privileged reason given for the way things get done.

• What if a "social rationality" were permitted to become part of the conversation?
• What if we would allow, encourage, invite, and incorporated talk that concerns itself with justice and inclusiveness?
• What would the conversation allow then.?
• How might it change?
• Who would be included who might not otherwise be included?
• What might we say yes to?
• What might we say no to?