RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rdjlq5nrhrd36lqlszfwwvd3/post/3mitxqwsvqs2t
For the comfortable white middle class liberals of the US that cannot imagine a life beyond #capitalism and the current electoral system.
"They discuss how capitalism maintains itself through market dependence, exploitation, and austerity, and why escaping it requires building alternative institutions rather than relying on elections or reforms within the capitalist state...
There is a reason elections cannot deliver emancipation. The capitalist state is structurally designed to insulate elites from popular control. Clara describes her practical organizing work with FREE (Forum for Real Economic Emancipation) in Tulsa, building horizontal assemblies, participatory budgeting campaigns, community land trusts, and mutual aid.
Steve touches on the concept of de-commodifying basic needs (housing, healthcare, food), to break market dependence. But then, capitalism would be unworkable."
#Socialism #DualPower #Anarchism #Politics #Democracy #US
https://macroncheese.captivate.fm/episode/ep-374-clara-mattei
If you’re curious about what I *do* think a Lifehouse is all about, and you happen to be around, why not join us in New York 14-17 May for an extended conversation around “Lifehouses, Resilience Hubs and Dual Power.” Registration link here:
https://www.woodbine.nyc/lifehouses
"You are not watching the system fail, you are watching a system succeed at something you didn't realize it was designed to do."
- Tristan Johnson from Step Back
#ice #law #usa #weprotectus #system #machine #performative #takeitoffline #mutualaid #dualpower #panthers #decentralized #asphyxiatingcognitivedissonance