Socialist Progressives
In reply to the discussion: What does Socialism look like to you? [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)Socialism would enable far more people to command energy by promoting equality, which has been illustrated--especially through the failure of supply-side economics--to increase growth and the velocity of capital. It isn't capitalism that must be remove, but rather mindless, infinite growth forward (which both capitalism and socialism act as a vehicle to). To be blunt, the planet doesn't have a fighting chance because man cannot remove infinite growth from the paradigm of our existence. We will scratch, scream, fight, and do whatever we can to ensure the party rolls forward, while satisfying our egos with concepts such as "greenness" and equality. In 100 years, it likely won't matter who owns what share of which company, but what the average global temperature is. The sooner we figure this out, and thereby where we need to focus our energy, the better we have a chance at survival. Otherwise, we are just cheerily kicking the can down the road