Maybe if you don’t know what capitalism is. A lot of people seem to confuse capitalism with markets. It’s had to imagine a world without markets, but capitalism is just an ownership system. It’s easy to imagine a world made up of cooperatives. It’s basically the same world we already have but everyone gets paid more and there are no shareholders.
There’s nothing stopping people from working for or with cooperatives or not working for or with corporations. It’s just that most people can’t be bothered to care. If everyone stopped buying from corporations, corporations would die pretty quick. If everyone bought from cooperatives, they’d be a lot more stable. We’re only picking winners and losers via government contracts. The res of the economy is a free for all.
What I said is a quote. I thought it’s known enough to be recognized but apprehendly not. Sorry. Mark Fisher wrote a book about it: Capitalist Realism
It’s difficult to imagine an alternative when every politician since Thatcher and Regan repeat some form of “there is no alternative” and media says the same in different ways.
All the more important to talk about alternatives, so thanks for doing so. That’s what I love about authors like Graeber and Wengrow. It’s not that I want to live in every society explored in The Dawn Of Everything but it’s great to read about them.
Maybe if you don’t know what capitalism is. A lot of people seem to confuse capitalism with markets. It’s had to imagine a world without markets, but capitalism is just an ownership system. It’s easy to imagine a world made up of cooperatives. It’s basically the same world we already have but everyone gets paid more and there are no shareholders.
There’s nothing stopping people from working for or with cooperatives or not working for or with corporations. It’s just that most people can’t be bothered to care. If everyone stopped buying from corporations, corporations would die pretty quick. If everyone bought from cooperatives, they’d be a lot more stable. We’re only picking winners and losers via government contracts. The res of the economy is a free for all.
What I said is a quote. I thought it’s known enough to be recognized but apprehendly not. Sorry. Mark Fisher wrote a book about it: Capitalist Realism
It’s difficult to imagine an alternative when every politician since Thatcher and Regan repeat some form of “there is no alternative” and media says the same in different ways.
All the more important to talk about alternatives, so thanks for doing so. That’s what I love about authors like Graeber and Wengrow. It’s not that I want to live in every society explored in The Dawn Of Everything but it’s great to read about them.
You’re not wrong, which makes me think you’re probably fantastic at imagining the end of the world too.