To end plunder, humanity needs to become aware that imperialism, capitalism, colonialism and, last but not least, growth must end. The big question is how to reach the cultural mass that leads people to demand the end of the current economic and financial system. What do we collectively expect to achieve if the FIRE sector (a parasitic rentier class), Wall Street and the City of London, institutions like the IMF and World Bank, asset management firms like BlackRock and Vanguard, and the TINA mentality are not eradicated? In that case, I see no possibility for radical change. I could be wrong (and it would be good if I were) but I think that in the current political, cultural and ideological context the majority of citizens are more predisposed to enable a techno-fascist regime than an eco-socialist one. Many on the left are excited about the Chinese economic growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens out of extreme poverty; it is an extraordinary success but couldn't it be achieved without embarking on the mindless Western-style consumerism? There is a megalomaniacal impulse to build impressive works of engineering and architecture; some of them are necessary but others could be avoided. If the Chinese economy's commitment were not to growthism, capitalist, socialist, or mixed, it doesn't matter; the destruction of the planet to extract mineral resources and raw materials will still increase when it should be decreasing.
To end plunder, humanity needs to become aware that imperialism, capitalism, colonialism and, last but not least, growth must end.
The big question is how to reach the cultural mass that leads people to demand the end of the current economic and financial system.
What do we collectively expect to achieve if the FIRE sector (a parasitic rentier class), Wall Street and the City of London, institutions like the IMF and World Bank, asset management firms like BlackRock and Vanguard, and the TINA mentality are not eradicated?
In that case, I see no possibility for radical change.
I could be wrong (and it would be good if I were) but I think that in the current political, cultural and ideological context the majority of citizens are more predisposed to enable a techno-fascist regime than an eco-socialist one.
Many on the left are excited about the Chinese economic growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens out of extreme poverty; it is an extraordinary success but couldn't it be achieved without embarking on the mindless Western-style consumerism?
There is a megalomaniacal impulse to build impressive works of engineering and architecture; some of them are necessary but others could be avoided. If the Chinese economy's commitment were not to growthism, capitalist, socialist, or mixed, it doesn't matter; the destruction of the planet to extract mineral resources and raw materials will still increase when it should be decreasing.