"Maitreya's Emergence"

Quote (from SI website intro.):

" From behind the scenes, the outpouring of his extraordinary energy has been the stimulus for dramatic changes on many fronts, including the fall of communism in the Soviet Union, the end of apartheid in South Africa, the rapprochement between East and West, the growing strength of the people's voice in many countries, and the worldwide focus on preserving the environment."

Public Policy:

1. No to Communism
2. No to Apartheid
3. Preserve the environment
4. The people's voice should determine public policy

Analysis:

1.If no to communism- then does Maitreya define sharing as a voluntary act?

2.No to racial segregation is pretty unambiguous.

3. Who gets to decide what "preserving the environment" actually means?

4. The strength of the people's voice would only matter if it was implied that the people should get to determine public policy.

Well then, is it to be a theocracy by Maitreya or a democracy by the people?

I guess the people will (as a democracy) vote Maitreya's priorities into legislation.

And I guess we won't have to be concerned with how this democracy will manage to accomplish these goals because everyone will just voluntarily agree on how to achieve the desired results.

Note that sharing is in fact a voluntary act- Maitreya's priorities will be funded through voluntary contibutions and not through a mandatory redistribution of wealth by way of confiscatory taxation.

But wait a minute...

If these goods and services (food, housing, health care, education) are universal rights- then what will we do if there's not enough voluntary donations to pay for everyone to be provided with these things?

If it's a right- then it's a right. It's not just something you get to have as long as enough donations come in.

If it's a right- then it MUST be provided.

But if there's not enough voluntarily donated, then how?

There has to be revenue for the government to provide services.

If these unversal rights are not fulfilled, the people's voice will rise up and demand a new form of government that will fulfill them. THAT government will not define sharing as a voluntary act. THAT government able to convince it's voters that it is able to deliver on these universal rights will have to force the rich to pay for them.

In such a case, the fact that sharing is a voluntary act will no longer matter.