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Forum Post: Capitalism is, indeed, in crisis

Posted 10 years ago on Aug. 6, 2013, 1:33 p.m. EST by grimwomyn (35) from New York, NY
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[-] 3 points by Kavatz (464) from Edmonton, AB 10 years ago

Can't get enough Wolff

[-] 2 points by frovikleka (2563) from Island Heights, NJ 10 years ago

Good link, thanks

When you have a corrupt economic system that puts profits ahead of its people's well being on a scale that has been unprecedented in our recent history

And if you take the environmental crisis seriously, as you should, then an economic system which requires unlimited growth..... hence infinite resources...... on a finite planet will not work well for us in the 21st century and beyond

Is that scarey to consider that prospect? Perhaps, but no more so than when you consider the alternative

And remember throughout the history of the world systemic change has always came from the bottom up

In the immortal words of Rose Schneiderman in a speech given at the old Metropolitan Opera House after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911

"I can't talk fellowship to you who are gathered here. Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement."

And from the Triangle Factory Fire news item that was on here; "The social advancements in this era, and in the decades that followed were made possible by people who had courage and who were willing to make tremendous sacrifices so that they and their progeny could live a life with dignity. And it is undeniable that most of us and our loved ones, past and present benefited greatly from the pain that those people endured to secure those gains. What we have forgotten is that - it is a never-ending battle to keep what we had inherited. The crisis that we find ourselves in today begs the questions; Do we have an economic system than can be adopted to a sustainable world in which not only the enviroment is taken into account [protected], but where the people's well-being is considered more important than profits? And the next more important question is; Do we as a people posess the mettle that our ancestors had to make the changes that we must make? Well...?"

~Odin~

[-] 2 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 10 years ago

Good program - Thx.