dane cads

‘The basic behaviour mode of the world system is exponential growth of population and capital, followed by collapse… Under the assumption that population and capital growth should not be deliberately limited but should be left to “seek their own levels”, we have not been able to find a set of policies that avoids the collapse mode of behavior.’

If we are able to see capitalism with one eye and socialism with the other, then when we open both eyes we will see a truer picture of reality: that every economy in the world is a mixture of the two intellectual traditions. When we drive our car on the highway, the market gave us the car and the state gave us the road. We can live in two realities... See more

One of his observations is that when any aspect of a living system is torn from its contextual relationships, it can then be exploited. How a description is made of a person, a family, a community, a culture, or an ecosystem –matters.