Blog #4 "Green Values"

What do you think of Green Values? Which ones do you believe in? What surprised you from the readings?

I think that green values are both similar to and crazy different from the values for other parties. The green party believes that all humans are equal and have the right to have a say in things that will affect their lives. I would be inclined to agree with this. All humans deserve to have the same rights and the same opportunities. Another value of the green party is that they believe that there should be no societal hierarchy because that goes against nature. I think this is kinda silly. Even animals have a social structure in their communities. It's a perfectly natural concept that is not man made like the green party seems to be trying to insinuate. The green party also believes that a large problem with the world is its centralization of wealth and power and wants to revamp the social, political, and economical systems. I kinda agree with this...but at the same time I tend towards capitalistic tendencies. Although I really want to believe that the people are capable of making the correct decisions, sadly, I don't. People are better educated now days than they used to be, but at the same time, a lot of people just don't care. This could be a product of the centralization of wealth and power and also of the way we were raised. I don't think decentralizing everything would really be the best thing. A green value that I REALLY like is that everyone needs to step up and take personal and global responsibility. Some of the green values seem a bit wishy washy to me. Let's decentralize EVERYTHING into small little communities all around the world with no hierarchy and yet try and get EVERYONE to work together...would this literally be everyone or could we have representatives? Maybe I'm a bit confused, but it seems like this would be really difficult to do. 
I was really surprised that a green value says that humans are going against nature with our societal hierarchy. The cream rises to the top! Even ants and bees have a societal hierarchy centered around a queen. I think that this is a perfectly natural concept that shouldn't be dismissed, it should be changed.