Reimagining Capitalism
Marc Fischer, in Capitalist Realism, exposes us the quote,"it is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism.” If Capitalism is to be the economic system that will define humanity going forward, we must acknowledge what it is, the pros and cons, and how to make it more equitable.
We need to move from competitive ideation, trying to push our individual ideas, to collective ideation, collaborative ideation. It isn’t about having the number one best idea, but having ideas that come from, and work for, more people.
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Everything we'd been told for the last decade turned out to be a lie. Markets did not run themselves; creators of financial instruments were not infallible geniuses; and debts did not really need to be repaid – in fact, money itself was revealed to be a political instrument, trillions of dollars of which could be whisked in or out of existence over
... See moreit's clear that the rich are determined to seize as large a share of the spoils as remain, tossing a whole generation of young people to the wolves in order to do so.
It's becoming increasingly obvious that the real priority of those running the world for the last few decades has not been creating a viable form of capitalism, but rather, convincing us all that the current form of capitalism is the only conceivable economic system, so its flaws are irrelevant. As a result, we're all sitting around dumbfounded as
... See moreover time, we can understand and hold a position we previously believed to be wrong
We are still mostly misdirected, turned away from the wisdom that is our inheritance. Joanna Macy speaks of the “great turning,” a collective awakening and shifting direction, away from the wanton destruction of this planet and each other, away from those practices of separation and competition listed above, towards life and abundance. I like this
... See moreWhen Wheatley visited Detroit on a learning journey, she said systems built on greed eventually collapse on themselves, topple under their own top-heavy weight.
When people are allowed to comply, wherever they
live, things solve themselves. Small countries prosper,
because they get more tasks to perform. Great countries
prosper, because they get more resources by which to prevail.
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