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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art—the art of words.

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—	Ursula K. LeGuin (via wilwheaton)

america-wakiewakie:

Capitalists always miss the forest for the trees.
“Capitalism has created more wealth and prosperity than ever before in human history.”
Uh, well, yes, but only for a small minority of the planet, where it also continues to eviscerate the carrying capacity for life on Earth as it does so.
But yea, pfffft, minor point that is.

thehistoryoftheladder:

aquarian-sunchild:
bloodyxbaroness:
downlo:
This excellent visual representation of that old scam, “trickle down economics”, has been all over Twitter recently.
And then the glass on top gets too big and too full and all the other little glasses below it break and then they all shatter.
And the big glass blames the little glasses for not working hard enough to hold it up.
*SLAMS THE REBLOG BUTTON*

jo-robsbanks:

capitalism teaches us that poor people aren’t allowed to have free time or do anything recreational

thehistoryoftheladder:

aquarian-sunchild:
bloodyxbaroness:
downlo:
This excellent visual representation of that old scam, “trickle down economics”, has been all over Twitter recently.
And then the glass on top gets too big and too full and all the other little glasses below it break and then they all shatter.
And the big glass blames the little glasses for not working hard enough to hold it up.
*SLAMS THE REBLOG BUTTON*

give-a-fuck-about-nature:

Part of Nature by Stuart McMillen

That specific peoples should be free to fully develop their own cultural capacities is not merely a right but a desideratum. The world will be a drab place indeed if a magnificent mosaic of different cultures do not replace the largely decultured and homogenized world created by modern capitalism.

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—	Murray Bookchin, Nationalism and the “National Question” (via fyeahmurraybookchin)

Sadly, it is necessary to explain what we mean by “libertarian” as this term has been appropriated by the free-market capitalist right. Socialist use of libertarian dates from 1858 when it was first used by communist-anarchist Joseph Dejacque as a synonym for anarchist for his paper “La Libertaire, Journal du Mouvement Social.” This usage became more commonplace in the 1850’s and 1895 saw leading anarchists SeBastein Faure and Louise Michel publish La Libertaire in France. By the end of the 19th century libertarian was used as an alternative for anarchist internationally. The right-wing appropriation of the term dates from the 1950’s and, in wider society, from the 1970’s. Given that property is at its root, and, significantly, property always trumps liberty in that ideology, anarchists suggest a far more accurate term would be “propertarian.” We will use the term libertarian in its original, correct, usage as an alternative for anti-state socialist.

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—	Iain McKay in his anthology of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon’s Property is Theft Because rightwing libertarianism is an oxymoron and it is time we set the record straight. (via america-wakiewakie)

america-wakiewakie:

rollership:
0 subsidies and tax breaks only for sustainability, tax penalization for unsustainability could work.
Na, it can’t. It’s impossible to maintain a consistent rate of profit while not being predicated on the premise of growth/expansion. This requires extracting the surplus value of people’s labor and commodification of the planet. This is called exploitation. Without it, and without mechanisms like the state to maintain/create/enforce the conditions for it, global capitalism would collapse.