Its challengers apparently vanquished, the main threat to capitalism may now come from disorders that lurk within the system itself. Wolfgang Streeck diagnoses its crisis symptoms, from persistent stagnation to global anarchy, and asks what lies in store as they multiply.
As with the end of feudalism 500 years ago, capitalism’s replacement by postcapitalism will be accelerated by external shocks and shaped by the emergence of a new kind of human being. And it has started.
Information technology has brought about in the past 25 years. First, it has reduced the need for work, blurred the edges between work and free time and loosened the relationship between work and wages. The coming wave of automation, currently stalled because our social infrastructure cannot bear the consequences, will hugely diminish the amount of work needed – not just to subsist but to provide a decent life for all.
Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian
….. but The real-world practice of capitalism typically involves some degree of so-called “crony capitalism” due to demands from business for favorable government intervention and governments’ incentive to intervene in the economy.
What Is Capitalism: Varieties, History, Pros & Cons, Socialism
Agreed – Like many animals and all primates, humans form hierarchies of dominance. It is easy to recognize social hierarchies in modern life. Corporations, government, chess clubs, and churches all have formal hierarchical structures of officers. Where does it say we should strive to equal everything out so nobody has more than anybody else? And what would the cost be of trying to achieve such perfect equality?
In the spring of 1845, Karl Marx wrote, “… the human essence is no abstraction inherent in each single individual. In its reality it is the ensemble of social relations.” Marx’s idea was that a change in the “ensemble of social relations” can change “the human essence.”
“In England in the seventeenth century, almost two-thirds of land was owned by landlords and worked by peasant tenants. The previous two centuries were characterised by violent struggles between peasant tenants and landlords over the rents and fines the latter could impose on the former. It was, Brenner observed, the victory of the landlords over the tenants that created the incredibly unequal property relations that would characterise English land ownership up until the present day.”
Right-wingers defend capitalism as a system necessitated by human nature, but the market emerged out of specific historic conditions – it isn’t hardwired into our species.
If a long-term job seeker who is eligible to take part in the initiative refuses community service without a valid reason, sanctions could be imposed on them.
Not all countries allow it’s inhabitants to own land, nevermind getting it for free. I fear most people wouldn’t know what to do with their few acres and it would be wasted. Making human progress difficult. It could actually end civilisation if we demanded to share everything. Think on.
The world relative to its human population is quite large. It is 123 billion acres in size, of which 37 billion acres are land. This means that there are
“ven though a lot of those sources put the number at a lot less, the general consensus is that you really need at least 5 acres of land per person to be self-sufficient. And that’s assuming you have quality land, adequate rainfall, and a long growing season.”
Want to start a self-sufficient homestead? Find out how many acres of land you really need to achieve self-sufficiency and supply your own food and power.
Sounds pretty socialistic but according to this the value we would all get would be immense. Levelling the land, or at least the spare and commonly owned land may be a good thing once in a while.
Ten Things That Would Happen If We Shared the Value of Land, by Martin Adams | Progress.org
Greens would do better if, like Labour and the rest, they actually had a donations button on the front of their website – what are they thinking about, sending people to some action network site in order to collect donations. Daft
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Yep, as expected, currently this idea is just a gimmick that makes some managers feel better about themselves while they get a holiday from the pressure they face more towards the top.
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Didn’t realise there was a series called undercover boss that looks into this. Though looks like it was a bit of a scam – would like to see Bezos peeing in a bottle to finish his shift like amazon workers are said to do.
Undercover Boss tries to re-energize companies by disguising a big wig as an entry-level employee. Skeptics say the show is fake, but we've uncovered the truth.
Great idea but exploited by every side since it was coined.
“Margaret Thatcher criticised the use of the slogan by the left in a 1986 speech: “Socialists cry ‘Power to the people’, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean – power over people, power to the State.”
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Eat the rich is an abbreviation of a saying attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau: “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they’ll eat the rich”. ‘Eating the rich’ happens, literally, when the Masters or the Landlords are very stingy, grumpy, and inhumane to their servants.
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looks like rich landowners have managed to lobby the government into giving themselves another extra bonus. Crazy, spend it on affordable housing so they can’t keep upping the price of houses and keeping the majority of the population renting, and funding the rich.
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Yeah, its a scam that channels more of the welfare budget to the rich – and at the same time demonising those who can’t find work.
” At over £25 billion it is one of the biggest and fastest-growing parts of the welfare bill. That is a huge sum of money: more than we spend on the police, roads and buying military equipment combined. “
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As with the end of feudalism 500 years ago, capitalism’s replacement by postcapitalism will be accelerated by external shocks and shaped by the emergence of a new kind of human being. And it has started.
Information technology has brought about in the past 25 years. First, it has reduced the need for work, blurred the edges between work and free time and loosened the relationship between work and wages. The coming wave of automation, currently stalled because our social infrastructure cannot bear the consequences, will hugely diminish the amount of work needed – not just to subsist but to provide a decent life for all.
….. but The real-world practice of capitalism typically involves some degree of so-called “crony capitalism” due to demands from business for favorable government intervention and governments’ incentive to intervene in the economy.
Certainly not in the US constitution, though an idea that maybe should be (?)
The presumption of innocence until proven guilty
(4 upvotes)Make English the official language of the USA
(4 upvotes)From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs
(5 upvotes)The right to remain silent
(3 upvotes)Should have enjoyed it while you could – now it’s gone!
Agreed – Like many animals and all primates, humans form hierarchies of dominance. It is easy to recognize social hierarchies in modern life. Corporations, government, chess clubs, and churches all have formal hierarchical structures of officers. Where does it say we should strive to equal everything out so nobody has more than anybody else? And what would the cost be of trying to achieve such perfect equality?
“In England in the seventeenth century, almost two-thirds of land was owned by landlords and worked by peasant tenants. The previous two centuries were characterised by violent struggles between peasant tenants and landlords over the rents and fines the latter could impose on the former. It was, Brenner observed, the victory of the landlords over the tenants that created the incredibly unequal property relations that would characterise English land ownership up until the present day.”
I love this amazing idea of mandatory community service for people without jobs.
Mandatory social and community service can be a great way to foster more cohesion in today’s societies, which are more divided than ever.
Sweden is trying something similar – compulsory conscription for civil service.
Several countries, such as Nigeria, Mexico, and Malaysia, have mandatory national or community service programs for young people.
https://www.pulse.ng/bi/lifestyle/5-countries-that-have-compulsory-youth-programs-like-nigeria/ysztv2k
Not all countries allow it’s inhabitants to own land, nevermind getting it for free. I fear most people wouldn’t know what to do with their few acres and it would be wasted. Making human progress difficult. It could actually end civilisation if we demanded to share everything. Think on.
“ven though a lot of those sources put the number at a lot less, the general consensus is that you really need at least 5 acres of land per person to be self-sufficient. And that’s assuming you have quality land, adequate rainfall, and a long growing season.”
“Subtracting this uninhabitable 57% (32,665,981 mi2) from the total land area leaves 24,642,757 square miles or 15.77 billion acres of habitable land. Divide this figure by the current human population of 7 billion (that’s 7,000 million people) and you get 2.3 acres (about one hectare) per person.” according to http://www.zo.utexas.edu/courses/Thoc/land.html#:~:text=Subtracting%20this%20uninhabitable%2057%25%20(32%2C665%2C981,about%20one%20hectare)%20per%20person.
Sounds pretty socialistic but according to this the value we would all get would be immense. Levelling the land, or at least the spare and commonly owned land may be a good thing once in a while.
Corbin helped write their rule book, looks like they still stand by it.
Here’s why…
Communists are only asking for 50 notes. Poor sods – don’t tick the box and hit donate without adding bank deets just to tease them. Meanie.
wifi is free in Brighton already – not sure why the rest haven’t caught up yet?
Greens would do better if, like Labour and the rest, they actually had a donations button on the front of their website – what are they thinking about, sending people to some action network site in order to collect donations. Daft
WAS going to happen in the UK, til Farage.
Greens also believe in the many not the few thing, always did.
the winners are…. Labour with the highest donation amount requested £1,200
For the many, not the few
(2 upvotes)From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs
(5 upvotes)Interesting, the international socialists are going with “Not Paid By The Billionaires”
Would be nice to know how many corp doners siphon funds to their parties in £500 batches to avoid detection. Here are the liberals donate page.
looks interesting.
Labour do it in a page – the Tories have a whole subdomain dedicated to raising funds https://donate.conservatives.com/#!/
Not sure if centre ground Labour still support this idea but they should, and would if they had money from real people rather than businesses.
Support the socialists if labour isn’t your bag
For the many, not the few
(2 upvotes)Labour Isn’t Working
(3 upvotes)Donate to labor if you like this idea, its the only way to help everyone else realise there is a possible solution.
For the many, not the few
(2 upvotes)From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs
(5 upvotes)Are you a Marxist without realising it?
If you don’t like Labour… Donate to the Socialists.
Don’t unite too much guys, Globalisation might eat you up for the sake of an old slogan.
Yep, as expected, currently this idea is just a gimmick that makes some managers feel better about themselves while they get a holiday from the pressure they face more towards the top.
Didn’t realise there was a series called undercover boss that looks into this. Though looks like it was a bit of a scam – would like to see Bezos peeing in a bottle to finish his shift like amazon workers are said to do.
reminds me of a set of answers I saw on Quora https://www.quora.com/If-you-and-your-boss-were-allowed-to-swap-roles-for-one-day-what-would-you-do
Great idea but exploited by every side since it was coined.
“Margaret Thatcher criticised the use of the slogan by the left in a 1986 speech: “Socialists cry ‘Power to the people’, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean – power over people, power to the State.”
“You can do anything.”
“When you’re a star, they let you do it,” Donald Trump boasts of sexually assaulting women in the recently leaked Access Hollywood tape. “You can do anything.”
Kinda depends on WHICH people you give power to – and how they got it from you.
Nothing wrong with being rich – as long as we feed the poor in the world.
Rich Boy Check is a meme – Eat the Rich is back 200 years later as a “digital war cry” apparently.
Class war of olde….
Eat the rich is an abbreviation of a saying attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau: “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they’ll eat the rich”. ‘Eating the rich’ happens, literally, when the Masters or the Landlords are very stingy, grumpy, and inhumane to their servants.
looks like rich landowners have managed to lobby the government into giving themselves another extra bonus. Crazy, spend it on affordable housing so they can’t keep upping the price of houses and keeping the majority of the population renting, and funding the rich.
Yeah, its a scam that channels more of the welfare budget to the rich – and at the same time demonising those who can’t find work.
” At over £25 billion it is one of the biggest and fastest-growing parts of the welfare bill. That is a huge sum of money: more than we spend on the police, roads and buying military equipment combined. “
Even the lords agree this is totally unfair – most of which are well educated pensioners.
Not sure why pensioners get freebies and the rest of us don’t – we all deserve this, so does the environment.
It was also once used by John F. Kennedy
Some defiant Hong Kong citizens live by this motto.
“Former high school history teacher and Wexler Oral History Project volunteer – remembers how during the Cuban missile crisis, Americans never challenged government policies and accepted the possibility of a nuclear holocaust.”
Got this, can’t agree more…
… and co-workers lol.
Most people love free things, but they always come with a catch.
Charity wishing wells in shopping malls
(7 upvotes)Respect your youngers
(22 upvotes)There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
(4 upvotes)The child is father to the man
(4 upvotes)Feed the world
(11 upvotes)You can donate or support Labour List if you like this idea.
modern slavery – video made by kids
Socialism works though – join us
For the many, not the few
(2 upvotes)Labour Isn’t Working
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