- Capitalism and Alternatives -

Capitalism will screw the planet, and live to tell?

In Reply to: Capitalism and its negation posted by Simon Kongshoj on December 22, 1997 at 10:43:26:

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> socialist thinkers have speculated that it will either be environmental abuse > or the oppressed Third World that will start the end of capitalism, but in
> truth Capitalism will probably be able to reform to avoid such an end.

It's going to take a lot more than "reform" for the capitalist system to deal with the combination of resource shortages (esp. oil, which should become an important political matter again in the next decade) and environmental catastrophes (esp. as caused by the resurgence of diseases that have been created by medical overuse of antibiotics, already happening with malaria today in Africa, and as caused by deforestation, the real reason the capitalists met in Kyoto this year). The next century will see political chaos to make this century appear a relative era of peace.

Follow Ups:

• If we don't look out, it possibly can. Simon Kongshoj Denmark December 25 1997 (6)
  • Let's try again, McSpotlight Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA December 30 1997 (0)
  • A revision Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA December 30 1997 (0)
  • A revision Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA December 30 1997 (0)
  • Plans for energy self-sufficiency for Denmark? Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA December 30 1997 (2)
    • A follow-up (pardon the delay) Simon Kongshoj unaffiliated Fort Europe January 05 1998 (1)
      • Just one last note (after some lateness) Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA January 11 1998 (0)