A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse – David Graeber

Capitalism, he noted, is not something imposed on us by some outside force. It only exists because every day we wake up and continue to produce it. If we woke up one morning and all collectively decided to produce something else, then we wouldn’t have capitalism anymore. This is the ultimate revolutionary question: what are the conditions that woul

The present conjuncture offers a rupture just as significant as these two earlier moments. As with the Second Disruption it will offer relative liberation from scarcity in vital areas – energy, cognitive labour and information rather than simply the mechanical power of the Industrial Revolution. As with the First it will signal a departure from all

Revolutions transform how we live and work, junking ossified practices in favor of brighter futures. They generate an energy and change that drive us forward collectively, in a world where wealth and privilege might otherwise prefer slothful stasis.

Les révolutions sont toujours des affaires profondément émotionnelles. Platon, que nous rencontrerons au prochain chapitre, est le premier à utiliser le terme « privatisation » dans la République. Il décrit comment, dans une démocratie libérale capitaliste, nos sentiments sont privatisés – nous ne ressentons plus d’émotions collectives, sauf quand