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Monday, September 18th, 2017

Don’t Be Scared About The End Of Capitalism—Be Excited To Build What Comes Next

Author:     JASON HICKEL AND MARTIN KIRK
Source:     Fast Company
Publication Date:     09.11.17
 Link: Don’t Be Scared About The End Of Capitalism—Be Excited To Build What Comes Next
Stephan:   Capitalism as currently structured is a literally killing us. Just consider America's wealth inequity.  It must be changed, and it can be changed.  We know what works. Increasing wellbeing must be the first priority, not profit. Capitalism must be subject to wellbeing, and it actually isn't that hard to figure out which option is more compassionate life-affirming and fostering of wellbeing

When have we humans ever accepted the idea that change for the better is a thing of the past?
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These are fast-changing times. Old certainties are collapsing around us and people are scrambling for new ways of being in the world. As we pointed out in a recent article, 51% of young people in the United States no longer support the system of capitalism. And a solid 55% of Americans of all ages believe that capitalism is fundamentally unfair.

But question capitalism in public and you’re likely to get some angry responses. People immediately assume that you want to see socialism or communism instead. They tell you to go and live in Venezuela, the current flogging-horse for socialism, or they hit you with dreary images of Soviet Russia with all its violence, dysfunction, and grey conformity. They don’t consider that you might want something beyond caricatures and old dogmas.

These old ‘isms’ lurk in the shadows of any discussion on capitalism. The cyber-punk author William Gibson has a term for this effect: “semiotic […]

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4 Comments

  1. sam crespi on Monday, September 18, 2017 at 7:26 am

    Thank you for posting! A lot to think about and to implement.

  2. Mark R on Monday, September 18, 2017 at 7:58 am

    Cool article! It is time to leave the dead centralized government and economic systems to wither away. We must decentralize into communities where we take care of one another, heal the land and our divisions. These communities must also be interconnected so we are collaborating and cooperating for the highest good. Government, fiat currency and corporations are in the way. Time for a serious upgrade in consciousness, mode of living and in how how we care for our resources. We must move from the model of scarcity to one of abundance.

    • SeaHeart Elan on Monday, September 18, 2017 at 11:22 am

      Mark R: well-spoken and right right on! I will be quoting you. [Thanks, Stephan, too for all excellent posts.]

  3. Dan P on Monday, September 18, 2017 at 11:02 am

    It is an interesting article, but as we know it’s not the capitalist system that is our problem, but the Oligarchy that is controlling it. More local control could work if more local people would get involved. Agreed, Mark, it is an upgrade in consciousness that is needed. Taking the legs off the Oligarchy requires major Disclosures that major forces are working to prevent.