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How the Household Appliances of Capitalism Use You
When we built our new home 6 years ago we bought all new energy efficient appliances, all from Sears, all Kenmore. A week ago while baking some custard, the stove, a Kenmore (but made by Frigidaire), started beeping and the panel on the Electronic Oven Control (EOC) started flashing “F10”. We dug out the stoveContinue reading “How the Household Appliances of Capitalism Use You”
Can We Change Our World? Atautsikut/ Leave None Behind, Says YES
I am often bemused by people who respond to my critiques of capitalism and promotion of co-operatives by gently, and sometimes not so gently, saying, “But you know that is not possibly going to happen.” Or they say, “There is no alternative to capitalism.” Imagine an indigenous group for whom the government’s objective was toContinue reading “Can We Change Our World? Atautsikut/ Leave None Behind, Says YES”
Black Lives are Sacred – Change the Culture – Part 2
In Part One I reflected on the links and roots of racism in the capitalism that benefits from it. But, why are our governments seemingly unable to deal with racism and the inequality that is linked to it? They are faced with 1% of the world’s people owning more than 50% of the world’s wealth. Continue reading “Black Lives are Sacred – Change the Culture – Part 2”
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