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From the _1993 Rainbow Guide_
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_Transformational Roles in a New Society_
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(excerpted from The Sane Alternative: A Choice of Futures)
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To understand yourself and others, and what you are doing
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together we have included the following. The roles and interactions
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with one another in the coming years as we positively shape the
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process of transforming our present society into a sane, humane,
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ecological one are:
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1. People whose aim and skill is to speed the breakdown of the
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old system by helping to make it inoperable and destroying its
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credibility.
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Theirs is a demolition role.
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2. People who oppose proposals for change which would lead
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society in a hyper-expansionist or authoritarian direction. These
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include opponents of the spread of nuclear energy.
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Theirs is an opposition role.
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3. People who are trying to improve the old system by
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introducing changes which will make it better and stronger; their aim
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is to avert the breakdown of the old but they may only ease the
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transformation toward the new.
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Theirs is a reforming role.
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4. People who are creating and developing the growth points
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for a new society.
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Theirs is a construction role.
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5. People who aim to liberate themselves and other people from
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thier dependence on the existing system.
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Theirs is a liberating role. [duh]
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6. People who are working to ensure that the old system breaks
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down as painlessly as possible for everyone who is dependent on it.
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They are managing the collapse.
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Theirs is a decolonizing role.
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7. People who as liberators or decolonizers are helping other
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people take more control over their own lives.
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Theirs is an enabling role.
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8. People who are changing their personal way of life and
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helping other people to change their own so that their lives will be
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more consistent with a sane, humane, ecological future.
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Theirs is a lifestyle role.
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9. People who are exploring and communicating new concepts of
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power, wealth, work, growth, learning, healing and so on, appropriate
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to a sane, humane, ecological society; they are the paradigm shifters,
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the ideological revolutionaries.
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Theirs is a metaphysical reconstruction role.
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10. People who recognize that all these different sorts of
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people will contribute positively to the transformation of society,
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and who are working to make sure that the transformation, though
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polycentric, is a widely understood, widely shared process of
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conscious evolutionary change.
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Theirs is a strategic role.
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[and of course...]
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11. People who refuse to countenance the breakdown of the old
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system and its replacement by a new one; they will try to supress the
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activities of the people listed in the previous section.
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Theirs is a reactionary role.
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12. People who, having themselves failed in their own attempts
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to change society in one way or another, are confident that no one
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else will succeed, and anxious that they should not.
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Theirs is the pessimistic and cynical role.
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13. People who are humble observers of what is happening; they
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enjoy talking about it, writing about it and scoring points off one
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another but they don't want to take part. They can be helpful or
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unhelpful.
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Theirs is an academic role.
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14. And finally, people who just want to get on with their own
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lives.
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Theirs is the routine practitioners' role.
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This stuff may also apply to your loving relations and
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friendships. See to it that you are not one of the types you don't
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want to be.
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