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“Part of capitalist ideology is that no matter what the problem, there is a technical fix. Because if there is no technical fix, then there is something wrong with the society, and the defenders of the society do not want to believe this.”
Honestly, that’s a pretty generous take.
Part of today’s capitalism is “fuck you, I got mine”.
I don’t know if capitalism can or cannot be compatible with a living life supporting planet, but I agree that, forced to pick between the two, I’ll choose the living planet.
Capitalists who love capitalism need to get their asses in gear and prove it can save the planet, if they want to keep capitalism.
Just use the tax system. We don’t need these huge movements to fundamentally change global economics. We just need to tax the things we don’t like and it’ll be unprofitable for businesses to keep doing them.
Problem is, the people who pass tax law are corporate captured, ensuring such hefty tax laws are not enacted.
Agreed, but how is removing these elected officials easier than removing the profit system?
Both are equally difficult. While it’s possible to vote in an FDR-like figure that will tamp back on the worst examples of profit driven exploitation of the planet, I don’t think it’s possible for the system to self-correct without eventually backsliding due to profit motive, as I believe history has shown in every attempt to reform capitalistic societies.
Personally, I think the best way forward for humanity is to build horizontal structures that will slowly replace the need to rely on the state/for-profit institutions, aka Prefiguration. The fediverse itself is a nice example of that happening.
