I’m just kinda tired of so many people distilling our issues down to singular and often mysterious groups like “they” or the “ruling class”. If only our issues were that simple, but most things are far more complicated than just bad people doing bad things. I think of a lot of our issues (e.g. climate change) like trying to root through a box of Christmas lights. They are a tangled web of knots and twists. It takes a lot of work to figure out how to untangle each bind. Most of our global issues are incredibly complex and need to be broken down into smaller parts if we want to solve them. Some people are doing good. Some people are doing harm. Most people aren’t doing anything at all.
I feel like that’s sort of the word you might use to describe the tangled Christmas lights, but I still think that’s hyper simplification. It’s like we’re running full speed on a treadmill and even though we agree this can’t end well, there’s the matter of getting the thing to stop. Let’s say we could snap our fingers and start fresh. How do you propose our system should work instead?
I’m just kinda tired of so many people distilling our issues down to singular and often mysterious groups like “they” or the “ruling class”. If only our issues were that simple, but most things are far more complicated than just bad people doing bad things. I think of a lot of our issues (e.g. climate change) like trying to root through a box of Christmas lights. They are a tangled web of knots and twists. It takes a lot of work to figure out how to untangle each bind. Most of our global issues are incredibly complex and need to be broken down into smaller parts if we want to solve them. Some people are doing good. Some people are doing harm. Most people aren’t doing anything at all.
Capitalism. It’s capitalism.
I feel like that’s sort of the word you might use to describe the tangled Christmas lights, but I still think that’s hyper simplification. It’s like we’re running full speed on a treadmill and even though we agree this can’t end well, there’s the matter of getting the thing to stop. Let’s say we could snap our fingers and start fresh. How do you propose our system should work instead?
Here you go, Life After Capitalism
https://youtu.be/PaASqPnpq5Y
Oh thanks for this. Will give it a watch tonight!