There are endless of ways to point at the insanity of our current economic system of capitalism, to point to its savage cruelty, to its gross inequality, its destruction of our ecosystems, its exploitation of people, its plundering of the Earth's finite resources, its endless wars, its infinite catalogue of other crimes against humanity. Lots of us have been doing so for many years, more and more are joining in this cry for sanity, and an end to our demise at the hands of insane greed. No doubt many more will join us before we finally end this darkest hour in human history.
I like this accurate assessment of our economic system from Not Buying Anything:
No one earns billions of dollars. You have to steal that kind of money.
There is nothing to admire in the money hoarding, cheating ways of the billionaires.
They want us to believe that their business model is based on their hard work. They want us to believe that they are richer than us, because they are better and smarter than us.
Their story claims that they are "self-made".
Their story is false - they have stolen their wealth using capitalism's bogus business model.
Capitalism's Bogus Business Model
- exploit workers, crush unions, don't pay a living wage, gig economy
- never acknowledge responsibility, or pay for, environmental damage
- avoid and evade taxes
- push for more government subsidies and bailouts
- privatize profits, publicize losses
- employ shady accounting practices
- use corruption, lies, coverups and cheats
- sell junk/planned obsolescence
- debut constant upgrades
- spend $1 trillion/yr on mind and behaviour altering advertising and propaganda
We have all been the victims of the billionaire's bogus business model, which is premised on endless growth, based on infinite resource extraction from a finite planet. We can now see that model has lead us to the brink of collapse.It is important for us to ground ourselves in our own reality, and have a support network that allows us to join together to cooperatively figure things out. They want us atomized and weak, so joining together in solidarity is the obvious response.As hard as it may be, we need to end this parasitic relationship. You may feel that what is happening in the world of business is not right. Trust that you are correct in feeling this way. There is nothing right about the billionaires.
We are pleased that this a place where that can happen. It wouldn't be possible without you, and we are grateful for your participation in this project.
It is more effective to light the candle of truth, than to curse the darkness of the billionaires plan for us."Anyone who cheers for any billionaire to win anything is a pathetic bootlicking loser. Billionaires are worthless, parasitical, untalented, unnecessary middlemen.
“Philanthropy” is just another billionaire narrative control tool, same as buying media outlets and funding think tanks.
Build a library named after yourself and you’ve got this “philanthropist” label that pundits use so that people call you that instead of “parasitic sociopath”.
If wealth had anything to do with hard work, single moms would be the billionaires."
- Caitlin Johnstone
