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There can be no such thing as a democratic, socially just, and environmentally sustainable capitalism. … Too many supposedly radical books are written by academics for academics, apparently competing to see who can produce the most incomprehensible prose. MORE
Other delusional assertions — such as the claim that capitalism is compatible with basic moral principles, meaningful democracy, and ecological sustainability — require more effort to take apart (perhaps because there seems to be no alternative). MORE
Beneath the film’s blatant statement on the emptiness of the pursuit of capital at any cost lies a deeper more subtle exploration on the nature of humanity. Unlike his reformist brothers, he’s looked outside the construct, studied the realm beyond the train. MORE
But as China began to open up to the West and Deng Xiaoping, Mao’s reformist successor, declared that some people “will get rich first,” Chen, who not only was bored but had two sons’ weddings to pay for, wanted to become one of those people. MORE
" "This is why the climate crisis challenges centrist liberals most of all because they subscribe to an ideology that is so resistant to the idea of radical change, to the idea of anything but incremental, reformist change." MORE
by Christian Parenti , originally published by Dissent Magazine Several strands of green thinking maintain that capitalism is incapable of a sustainable relationship with non-human nature because, as an economic system, capitalism has a growth imperative while the earth is finite. MORE
The Alien Next Door
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
Beneath the film’s blatant statement on the emptiness of the pursuit of capital at any cost lies a deeper more subtle exploration on the nature of humanity. Unlike his reformist brothers, he’s looked outside the construct, studied the realm beyond the train.
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
" "This is why the climate crisis challenges centrist liberals most of all because they subscribe to an ideology that is so resistant to the idea of radical change, to the idea of anything but incremental, reformist change."
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Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 5, 2014
But as China began to open up to the West and Deng Xiaoping, Mao’s reformist successor, declared that some people “will get rich first,” Chen, who not only was bored but had two sons’ weddings to pay for, wanted to become one of those people.
Green Blog
APRIL 28, 2014
There can be no such thing as a democratic, socially just, and environmentally sustainable capitalism. … Too many supposedly radical books are written by academics for academics, apparently competing to see who can produce the most incomprehensible prose.
Green Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
Other delusional assertions — such as the claim that capitalism is compatible with basic moral principles, meaningful democracy, and ecological sustainability — require more effort to take apart (perhaps because there seems to be no alternative).
The Green Changemakers
AUGUST 1, 2013
by Christian Parenti , originally published by Dissent Magazine Several strands of green thinking maintain that capitalism is incapable of a sustainable relationship with non-human nature because, as an economic system, capitalism has a growth imperative while the earth is finite.
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