Stephen Yearwood
1 min readJun 5, 2020

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A revolution needs a new idea, preferably one that is an advance in justice. I nominate for our new ethic of justice mutual respect (of a basic kind--taking one another into account).

A requirement of mutual respect follows from a belief in equality ["Equality Is All We Need" here in Medium]. It also follows from observation within material existence ["Real Justice" also here in Medium].

Mutual respect already informs the theory of democracy. A society governed by mutual respect would maximize liberty as a practical matter.

Unlike equality per se, mutual respect can be efficaciously applied to the existing economy, via a "democratically distributed income," with astonishing results for society: "For Crying Out Loud, ACCEPT That A SOLUTION Actually EXISTS" (a "3 min read"--including options for further reading--also here in Medium). [As far as I can tell links are not possible in this new Response platform.]

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Stephen Yearwood
Stephen Yearwood

Written by Stephen Yearwood

M.A. in political economy (money/distributive justice) "Please don't confront me with my failures/ I'm aware of them" from "These Days," as sung by Gregg Allman

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