I think one way the Venus Project can treat Individuals equally is
to differentiate between the Public Individual, Human, and Private
individual, the semantic wo/man.
If the level of discussion was to include all Humans, without the
threat nor the need for assimilation of private belief systems to
justify certain common ideas or understandings, then more People
might be able to work together, and as equals before the question.
For example, if someone were to address ideas from the perspective
of being Human, everyone Human has an equal stake in the question.
The possibilities are infinite in possible directions of answering.
If one were to speak from a Private understanding, such as s-wo/man,
and base their understanding on this perspective, then it becomes
less probable that those who are not this person will be able to
relate to possibly very personal issues or opinions.
This way, regardless of private beliefs, the Individual can always
be regarded as an equal on the level of being Human, and if we can
start here, being Human, with respect and dignity for other people
and private beliefs, then more will be able to share their original
ideas without needing to agree on a Private basis as being s-wo/man.
A suggestion is maybe this is without an Us/Them in this situation,
and this inclusion of the whole of Human Beings, firstly, before
differentiating between "us" will allow a fair and appropriate way.
bc
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