Friday, April 3, 2015

It’s Time to Get Serious About Systemic Solutions to Systemic Problems

Click here to access article by Gar Alperovitz and James Gustave Speth from Huffington Post.
It is time to begin a real conversation -- locally, nationally and at all levels -- about what a genuine alternative beyond corporate capitalism and state socialism would look like, and how we would build it. Not too long ago, it was easy to dismiss any talk about "changing the system" as frivolous or impractical, a luxury or a distraction. What we are seeing today is that increasing numbers of people understand that this task has become absolutely necessary. What's become frivolous and distracting is continuing to assume that business as usual is still an option.