1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵
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You can get away with any old shit if people confuse politics with entertainment & are happy consuming any old dross rather than being critically minded citizens.
This involves justifying things in such a way that the Losers believe that they deserve to be screwed tho The System is Good.
Of course they do not explain why accounting is not mandatory in schools tho Adam Smith implied it in WoN.
'It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.' - the late Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism.
I warmly, warmly recommend "Debt, the first 5000 years" by David Graeber "Caliban and the witch" by Sylvia Frederici, and "A history of the world in seven cheap things" by Patel and Moore.
But that doesn't mean it actually does.
The singular royal we can't be used to build solidarity. Only to demand unity.
There would be a run on their currency instantly, capitalism defends itself very well through very dirty means
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“The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make. And could just as easily make differently.”
Tax for example …
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/economy/tax-facts-ten-tax-truths-that-you-need-to-know/
Just as it’s possible to imagine someone being masculine without them being a brute or rapist, it’s possible to imagine a capitalist who doesn’t degrade the environment, exploit workers, & stifle competition.
I was using AI to do what you said there, here it shows a solarpunk city with fast modern rail transport everywhere and close clean lakes nearby. e.g. there's few imaginary worlds with lots of public transport
It's an essential active feature, now weaponised by digital media, to keep people from seeing that things could be different, keep them in their narrow lane, be they slave, working class or (crucially) the educated, middle class.
Tech bros do not like tech foes.
This is what we intend to do.
PLEASE LEAVE ME IN PIECES ‼️
Capitalism doesn't just persuade us that there's no alternative; it actively removes or perverts all alternatives to ensure its continuation.
It's the cure for fascism and neoliberalism!
When language struggles to convey meaning, debate ends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_Realism
Yes we need to reimagine our economy, but not through shit definitions of capitalism as it exists
but I'm going to take the risk of hope that if I cut back on the takeout flat whites, I'll be able to afford a second home like the one in the photo !
The unprecedented prosperity of the past few centuries is not related to looting or colonialism, but to technical & scientific progress.
🔗 https://authenticodev.mataroa.blog/blog/demand-channeling-across-time-the-past-still-breathes/
Inter-time capitalization
Possibly the people of Norway?
Plus stricter prosecution under law of tax advisers/management firms for evasion - not just their clients - might be a stronger deterrent?
"Refugees should be fairly treated." "So you want to invite 300 000 000 to come and live here". Real quality!
https://bsky.app/profile/sundersays.bsky.social/post/3llghwsfyts2j
#SolarPunk
It breeds multi-generational greed and a whole lot of squandering.
I’ll keep her on my radar, thank you.