It is the right of all humanity to give.
Authors:
Christina Shaw
James Nee
Luke Roberts
Meg Roberts
Michelle Shaw
Obasi Shaw
(This list is alphabetized and non-exhaustive.
All other contributors have chosen to remain anonymous.)
The Contributist Reader is an experimental journal dedicated to the exploration and development of a new social theory — contributism. Contributism is an alternative to theories like capitalism and socialism, and is structured around the fundamental right to give, or to find fulfillment and belonging through participatory contribution. Contributists hope to make the world a more human-centric place. For an introduction to contributism, start by reading entries 0–12.
Mission
To practice contributism out loud, and help others assert their right to give.
Picture the Reader as a series of gradually expanding concentric circles, the same central idea captured again and again, but in a diversity of forms — parable, poem, story, essay, etc. — each layer providing a new perspective, not better than, but more and differently detailed than, the last. The final picture will be, like capitalism, an amalgamation of things, but one that you will hopefully agree is a clearer lens through which to see, and a better system by which to organize ourselves, towards a good society.
Vision
To be a bustling hub of contributist thought, a spotlight and support for existing contributist action, and a launchpad for new contributist action.
Contributism is an idea composed of many minds, and this publication is the work of many pens. By convention, all works in the reader are formally authored by our collective pseudonym, Pablo Parabola. If you like what you read, we invite you to subscribe, and if you love what you read, we invite you to become a contributor yourself by submitting an entry, which we will review and perhaps publish.
Ready to begin? Start here.
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