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Post by Admin on Mar 27, 2020 16:01:21 GMT
Fundamentals of Marxism Fundamentals of Marxism Karl Marx explained that capitalism is a chaotic system of production beyond the control of humanity. While it raised human productive capacity higher than anytime before, it is doomed to plunge society into ever-greater crises. But Marx also explained that the system creates the modern proletariat. This class is set to overthrow the capitalist class and, on the basis of modern production, build a planned economy to use the resources of society for the benefit of all. These are not outdated ideas but vastly more in touch with the general processes in our world today, than most modern texts. www.marxist.com/fundamentals-of-marxism.htm
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2020 16:14:40 GMT
But many who start out with nothing are able to do well--- including members of my family. That is why you support Capitalism / the system - you have done / do well out of it all. That's Not genuine socialism. To be honest genuine Communism has never really been tried. i'm Not convinced. Actually, I'm quite poor. I was thinking of my cousin who became wealthy even without a college degree. Still, we ought to share out of what we have, rich or poor.
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Post by Admin on Mar 27, 2020 16:23:14 GMT
Still, we ought to share out of what we have, rich or poor. Tick Tock.......... The Untold Truth about Our Social and Ecological Collapse, with Helena Norberg-Hodge"Many talk about climate change, but rare are those who dare to speak about its systemic, deeply-ingrained root cause. Depression, unemployment, racism and climate change indeed seem to be interconnected through the invisible web of the power of multinational corporations. In this interview, Helena-Norberg-Hodge explains the history behind it all. She describes with great precision the economical culture that has been destroying our planet and communities for decades, and today threatens our very own survival. Not only that, but she offers an alternative supported by decades of evidence and ground studies, a path which she now calls localization (or decentralization). Helena-Norberg Hodge was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1986 and the Goi Peace Prize in 2012. In "Wisdom for a liveable planet", she was profiled as one of the eight visionaries changing the world, and The Earth Journal counted her among the world's ten most interesting environmentalists." www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-untold-truth-about-our-social-and-ecological-collapse-with-helena-norberghodge/
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2020 21:53:09 GMT
Still, we ought to share out of what we have, rich or poor. Tick Tock.......... The Untold Truth about Our Social and Ecological Collapse, with Helena Norberg-Hodge"Many talk about climate change, but rare are those who dare to speak about its systemic, deeply-ingrained root cause. Depression, unemployment, racism and climate change indeed seem to be interconnected through the invisible web of the power of multinational corporations. In this interview, Helena-Norberg-Hodge explains the history behind it all. She describes with great precision the economical culture that has been destroying our planet and communities for decades, and today threatens our very own survival. Not only that, but she offers an alternative supported by decades of evidence and ground studies, a path which she now calls localization (or decentralization). Helena-Norberg Hodge was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1986 and the Goi Peace Prize in 2012. In "Wisdom for a liveable planet", she was profiled as one of the eight visionaries changing the world, and The Earth Journal counted her among the world's ten most interesting environmentalists." www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-untold-truth-about-our-social-and-ecological-collapse-with-helena-norberghodge/That reminds me of when I heard about environmental justice. I do think it's great when people are aware of things like inner city food deserts or companies that pollute in poor neighborhoods.
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Post by Admin on Mar 27, 2020 22:48:42 GMT
Corporations Are Broke. It’s Time to Cut Up Their Credit Cards. BY CHRISTIAN PARENTI DANTE DALLAVALLE After a decade-long, worldwide corporate debt binge, the bill has come due: huge swaths of the corporate world are now at risk of default, with only governments able to save them. This time, any bailouts must place corporate investment under public control. jacobinmag.com/2020/03/corporate-debt-crisis-coronavirus-financial-covid-19
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Post by Admin on Mar 27, 2020 23:04:14 GMT
We Can’t Return to Capitalism as Usual After This Crisis BY ABI WILKINSON Here are questions we need to ask right away: If foundational economic principles must be abandoned when things get tough, does capitalism really serve our needs? If rapid, radical change is possible when circumstances demand it, what excuse is there for failing to act with similar urgency to prevent cataclysmic climate change? jacobinmag.com/2020/03/coronavirus-covid-19-capitalism-crisis-herd-immunity
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Post by Admin on Mar 27, 2020 23:14:09 GMT
Political systems and economic growth: The democracy mythDemocracy is often held to be the ideal political system, conferring growth and prosperity on nations’ citizens; however, this paradigm of thought has come under increasing debate. While many studies show a positive correlation between democracy and growth, others have observed neutral or even negative impacts. Dr Thomas Osang of the Southern Methodist University, Texas, and Dr Jeffry Jacob of Bethel University, Minnesota, have developed a state-of-the-art multi-variable model to identify the driving forces of economic growth. The results suggest that, in fact, democracy itself has relatively little impact. Interestingly, the critical factors for growth are shown to be institutions, regime stability, openness, geography, and macro-economic policies. researchoutreach.org/articles/political-systems-economic-growth-democracy-myth/
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Post by Admin on Mar 31, 2020 19:29:19 GMT
Why Albert Einstein hated capitalismwww.treehugger.com/economics/why-albert-einstein-capitalism.htmlThe scientist saw a system that oppressed both society and nature. No matter how many Albert Einstein T-shirts or mugs are churned out, the famous physicist was no fan of capitalism. In Einstein's view of the world, the system that turns humans against each other is the same system that turns humans against nature. People used to live in small groups, where a community would take care of its members. "The time—which, looking back, seems so idyllic—is gone forever when individuals or relatively small groups could be completely self-sufficient," Einstein wrote. We're now part of a global economy, one where people constantly compete for food, housing and jobs. "The individual has become more conscious than ever of his dependence upon society. But he does not experience this dependence as a positive asset, as an organic tie, as a protective force, but rather as a threat to his natural rights, or even to his economic existence," Einstein said. "The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil." Humans naturally both compete and cooperate with each other. But capitalism encourages competition and discourages cooperation, breaking social bonds. "All human beings, whatever their position in society, are suffering from this process of deterioration. Unknowingly prisoners of their own egotism, they feel insecure, lonely, and deprived of the naive, simple, and unsophisticated enjoyment of life," Einstein continued. Instead of living in supportive communities, capitalism encourage business leaders to take power and exploit their workers for profit. "Production is carried on for profit, not for use," Einstein wrote. "An 'army of unemployed' almost always exists ... Technological progress frequently results in more unemployment rather than in an easing of the burden of work for all." Schools encourage this unnaturally competitive attitude. "This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil," Einstein writes. "An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career." This problem isn't limited to human society. Humans imagine, falsely, that they're disconnected from nature. “A human being is a part of the whole, called by us 'Universe'," Einstein wrote. "He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest." This idea turns life into a lonely struggle. "This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us," Einstein continued. "Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty."
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Post by Admin on Apr 1, 2020 18:44:02 GMT
March 31, 2020 UNDER CAPITALISM, A PANDEMIC IS A TIME OF POLITICAL AWAKENING "During a pandemic that is exacerbated by neoliberal capitalism, people are quickly becoming radicalized. We are realizing that we don’t actually need landlords, or bosses, or CEOs — these parasites that bleed the working class dry. They are, in other words, “non-essential.” In any civilized society, housing, healthcare, food, and education would be provided as a prerequisite to the mere concept of justice. As Oscar Wilde once wrote, “The proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.” This means industrial production and technology should be directed toward meeting human need first and foremost. We are human beings, and our lives can no longer be commodified." www.hamptonthink.org/read/under-capitalism-a-pandemic-is-a-time-of-political-awakening
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 8:20:23 GMT
Agreed.
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Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2020 12:15:16 GMT
"The bourgeois have very good grounds for fancifully ascribing supernatural creative power to labor, since it follows precicely the fact that labor depends on nature, that the man who possesses no other property than his labor power must, in all conditions of society and culture, be the slave of other men who have made themselves the owners of the material conditions of labor. He can only work with their permission, and hence only live with their permission."
- Karl Marx
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