October #accountability goals:
-I am getting my letterpresses roaring again after my move. I am going to restock the brick & mortar sellers who carry my work.
-I am finishing a hand-coded website for my commerce experiments on the independent web.
-By the end of October, right in the thick of holiday marketing/selling season, I will be COMPLETELY OFF INSTAGRAM. (Haven't been on the app in months but still!).
An article by Jason Hickel (thank you to @Bodhioshea for telling me about this author) about colonialism in the 20th and 21st centuries.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2021/12/the-age-of-imperialism-is-not-over-but-we-can-end-it
I am going to pray very very hard that we wake ourselves from the nightmare we are in, and right soon.
#commercenotcapitalism #postgrowth #balance #repentance #militesdei #faith #God
Capitalist accumulation has always depended on cheap labor and resources extracted from the Global South. To end this violence we need a post-capitalist transition—otherwise, as climate breakdown accelerates, the ceaseless search for profit will drive us further into barbarism.
@samlitzinger
Bigcorp will take this opportunity to consolidate their ownerships even more, and for a song (or in their case, a vulture's screech).
#CommerceNotCapitalism #merchantclassdystopia #anarchism #evangelist #militesdei #prayer #faith #God
@yogthos
I am especially surprised about Huawei being employee-owned. I hope that doesn't change and that it spreads to more companies ♥️
@benroyce @janisf @SUp3rN0va @jhy001 My friend, I look forward to a future where commodity production is de-emphasized, where use-values have more emphasis in our economy, where we learn to bring our industrialism into balance with the ecosystems we are ultimately subservient to, where a moderately prosperous society for all in all respects is prioritized over obscene wealth for a few.
You have #CommerceNotCapitalism in your bio. I would hope that you view this exchange with at least a pinch of good faith, seeing as we both share common ground in believing that capitalism is not suitable. You may not agree with me on how to replace it, but surely I am not just a chinese wumao troll or else a blabbering idiot either. I am looking at the same problems you are, and have at least as much enthusiasm for solving them.
Do you hear about how capitalism is used to mask unbridled greed, but want more factual-historical background about it? This article fits that description.
The Economic Gulag: Patriarchy, Capitalism, and Inequality
By Robert Bahlieda
PDF dl link (tested): https://www.peterlang.com/document/1056778
Disclaimer: I am not impartial on this topic. I detest the merchant-bureaucratic dystopia it has brought.
#evangelist #CommerceNotCapitalism #capitalism #dystopia #anarchism #lifeasprayer
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