Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Capitalism or a healthy environment

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Capitalism or a healthy environment — time to choose

Click here to access article by Gary Engler from New Commune-ist.

The international capitalist class keeps telling us:

“You must choose between economic prosperity and what is good for the environment, because you can’t have both.”

If we continue with capitalism they are correct.

But, why continue with a system that rewards a tiny few while it destroys the environment and creates poverty and wars which affect the rest of us? They say there is no alternative. What do you say?