Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The Privatization of Everything

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

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Privatization of Everything

from The Economic Populist. The article illustrates that the capitalist class, and therefore the US, is lead by people who are globalists, that is, are tied by their interests to international capitalism. Hence they have no special regard for the US, especially the health and welfare of American workers or their communities. The only importance that the US has is its military and military related industries which serve to enforce the dictates of The Empire led by this class of people. Thus the current trend is toward a world where a huge 3rd world, within which lie tiny islands of 1st world people, will exist everywhere in the world.