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Aired Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 5:00 PM ESTThe Mondragón Experiment, Worker Ownership and Thrival for AllA Conversation With Georgia Kelly, Praxis Peace InstituteSWAMI’S DICTIONARYThrival: The stage beyond survival where we all weave a web of mass-construction and reap a “world win”. — Swami BeyondanandaThere’s a famous joke purportedly told by a Soviet delegate during a meeting to discuss trade between the two countries during the Cold War Era:What’s the difference between capitalism and communism?In capitalism, man exploits man. In communism, it’s the other way around.The 20th century offered up plenty of evidence that — given human nature, and the nature of the “dominator virus” that has dominated human affairs for the past 5,000 years — despite the best intentions, neither system has created social justice or sustainable economic well being.The problem with any ideology is, while it might be a helpful place to be “coming from”, it doesn’t allow the flexibility required when we’re ready to stop defending p