Apologies, absolutely new to the forum (my first post) but the topic is a bit of a bug bear for me.
I am a white male, 60yrs old, been very lucky in my life starting from a good education (Parys High School) and have had a reasonably successful entrepreneurial career over the last 35 years, effective retiring at age 54.
I get very concerned and suspicious when religion and politics gets connected or associated in any way. As an avowed atheist, probably more militant about it than @kanthan , I think we should try to keep any and every religion out of this endeavour.
In order to provide some moral value system, a social referential framework, one can simply look at the common rules of all the major religions, and borrow from there. As referenced in https://www.biznews.com/leadership/2019/03/31/kanthan-pillay-maimane-zacp "2. Exodus" I don't think we need to cover this ground again.
To bring together a social and moral value system with a capitalist approach I believe in a concept I call Socially Responsible Capitalism (SRC). Essentially it is based on the principle that we practice that which capitalism represents but whilst evaluating all our decisions and actions against the broader impact on society.
I believe that in the long term, nobody can or will sleep safely in an unjust society. Exactly what should be defined as unjust is reasonably open to discussion but broadly speaking I strongly believe 9 of the 10 principles very accurately reflect my view thereof.
I believe far too much focus is placed on #9 being Firearms @Paratus85 . The current SA legislation around firearms ownership is reasonably strong and covers vetting and licensing of both the owner and the weapon reasonably well. Sure, the administrative process can and should be improved, and all illegal firearms should be remove from circulation (a very tall order I know), but ultimately we have to be very careful to not end up on the side of the USA gun laws.
I believe far to little focus is placed on education since I believe a good education forms the foundation for everything that is required to make capitalism work. And education should not be a process of stuffing learners heads with "facts", which are often not really facts but represents the view of the one writing the history.
Learners should be taught strong literacy and numeracy skills, and beyond that the skills to think, learn, question and debate. If those are done properly they will be well equipped understand the world and society we live in, and be able to better find their own productive and positive place in this world...