The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Looting Machine Called Capitalism The unambigious fact is that US capitalism is a mechanism for looting the many for the benefit of the few. Neoliberal economics was constructed in order to support this looting. In other words, neoliberal economists are whores just like the Western print and TV media.
Dreaming Beyond Capitalism: A Culture Without Fear First Nation tribes from North America coined a term to describe the ‘disease of the white man’ – wetiko. In their understanding, wetiko consists of two essential characteristics: chronic inability for empathy and an egoistic fixation on ones own personal benefit and profit. The First Peoples used this …
Capitalism or Socialism? There’s an Even Better Option Bernie Sanders’ popular campaign suggests that many Americans aren’t afraid of socialism anymore. But real democracy is an even better alternative to capitalism. David Korten Democracy is the life-serving alternative we seek to the life-destroying capitalist tyranny under which we now live. Democracy, not the false dichotomy …
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In his book Economics After Capitalism: A Guide to the Ruins and a Road to the Future (Pluto Press, 2015), Derek Wall (International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales) discusses various critiques of capitalism, and examines how we can create practical alternatives to capitalism and build a ‘democratic economy and a future …
Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared Of Capitalism, Not Robots “If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed.” Phi Beta Iota: Hawking evidently has not calculated the true cost of shifting to a robot economy. He is right about the meta question – how we govern …
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2016 (forthcoming): Postcapitalism, A Guide to Our Future In this bold and prophetic book, Mason shows how, from the ashes of the crisis, we have the chance to create a more socially just and sustainable economy. 2012: Why It’s Still Kicking Off Everywhere, The New Global Revolutions Economic crisis, social networking and a new political …
The end of capitalism has begun Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian Paul Mason in The Guardian
