This value is based on Greens' unshakable conviction that people everywhere have the right to, and capacity for, self-determination. Violence is morally wrong and logistically ineffective, because it treats the symptoms of problems, not the root causes. We also categorically reject the death penalty. Decentralization One of the features of modern society is the concentration of political power in career politicians and economic power in career capitalists. Consistent with our value of grassroots democracy, we seek to return both forms of power to those who are affected by its exercise.
Greens believe that people know best how to solve their own problems.
Greens believe that the economy should be about individuals and families, not corporations, which are a legal fiction. We support worker control and worker ownership wherever possible, and responsibility to the community in all cases. We encourage local self-reliance, but reject isolationism. We value people over profits. By extension, it also means that we affirm the right of all people to self-definition.