The only way to permenantly stop conservatism is to abolish capitalism. When you have a system where people are allowed to hold power over other people, those powerful people will work to gain more power by any means necessary.
Force all corporations to be worker owned coops, which will also have the effect of abolishing the stock market.
Tax all wealth above $50m at a rate of 100%, creating a hard wealth cap of $50m.
Provide all basic necessities to everyone free of charge paid for by tax dollars. Food, water, housing, sewage, trash, healthcare, etc. Anyone who wants to live in a situation beyond just the basic necessities can choose to work, but work should be a choice, especially with how advanced automation technologies are becoming.
There are also additional ideas like the ones in the solarpunk movement (library economy, focus on integration of nature with society, etc.) that are worth striving for.
I’ve posted it a bunch lately but it really does feel like people hate all the pieces of capitalism without realizing they’re all connected.
This is in large part due to Joe McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, and co. making the words “communist” and “socialist” socially unacceptable by kicking off the Red Scare in the 1950s. Can’t critique capitalism in those days without being called a Commie and losing your job.
The only way to permenantly stop conservatism is to abolish capitalism. When you have a system where people are allowed to hold power over other people, those powerful people will work to gain more power by any means necessary.
Force all corporations to be worker owned coops, which will also have the effect of abolishing the stock market.
Tax all wealth above $50m at a rate of 100%, creating a hard wealth cap of $50m.
Provide all basic necessities to everyone free of charge paid for by tax dollars. Food, water, housing, sewage, trash, healthcare, etc. Anyone who wants to live in a situation beyond just the basic necessities can choose to work, but work should be a choice, especially with how advanced automation technologies are becoming.
There are also additional ideas like the ones in the solarpunk movement (library economy, focus on integration of nature with society, etc.) that are worth striving for.
Right. We could argue details but that’s more or less acceptable to me.
But getting to somewhere like that from here is a real uphill battle.
I’ve posted it a bunch lately but it really does feel like people hate all the pieces of capitalism without realizing they’re all connected.
This is in large part due to Joe McCarthy, Ronald Reagan, and co. making the words “communist” and “socialist” socially unacceptable by kicking off the Red Scare in the 1950s. Can’t critique capitalism in those days without being called a Commie and losing your job.