DU POLL: Will Capitalism as we see it today eventually fail?

[LisaLynne]

26. Yeah, I was just going to say that ...

we're a little off topic, because the poll is just asking if we think capitalism as we practise it will fail. I think it will, whether or not we have an alternative or not. If we have no models or ideas to go to from there, we're going to be in a much worse situation than if we have some idea.

But, my point is, leaving analogies behind, where exactly can we test a entirely new or even modified economic system? Maybe it SHOULD be us since we're largely responsible for out of control form of capitialism that's in existance today. I understand that you want to see something that works first, but we may just not get that luxury.

And as I said in my other post, I don't mean we're ever going to flip a switch. Things have to be done gradually, but we have to stop this inequitable system that's causing so much damage. A lot of it has to do with just changing attitudes, I think (such as the whole things will always grow and that's a GOOD thing). Towards the Earth, each other, and what we need to be "happy".