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[–] GaryGhost@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] n0respect@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Consumer-capitalism. Neither is great, but their combination is truly horrifying.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The old Soviet Union's environmental record wasn't great. And environmentalism was very low on the Dengist priority list.

Capitalism incentivizes industrial growth. But it was the "free" real estate of the colonial era and the massive surpluses of the industrial era that incentivized capitalism and created the illusion of unlimited economic expansion.

The problem is one of economic planning. Can we, as an intelligent advanced civilization, collectively manage the scarce resources of our planet? Or will a handful of individuals continue to divide and conquer the proletariat mass? Simply going socialist isn't enough. Bookchin will tell you that. Hell, Kropotkin will tell you that.

It isn't enough to merely establish a central and democratically managed local economy. We need a world wide organization capable of balancing the current demands against future resource constraints on the scale of centuries. And we need it to be equitably operated by a planetary consortium of committed socialist ideologues, not a handful of post-war juntas that run one another into the ground in another Cold War.

[–] berno@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

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