My second post musing on how to bring an end to capitalism. The first question everyone asks after they read the first post is “What do you mean by capitalism?” American ideology, especially centrist and right wing ideology, demands a binary worldview. Your choices are unfettered free markets or Stalinist gulags. Reality is nuanced. (And… Continue reading End what, exactly?
The Problem is Capitalism
This post is first and foremost an invitation and appeal for collaboration. It’s early, raw, and missing lots of pieces. But if any of it begins to scratch an itch, please reach out! It’s been bothering me for a while that we (the Left) see ourselves as working on a series of intersectional, connected issues… Continue reading The Problem is Capitalism
A Waste of Talent: Profiting from the Sidelines
I fell into a rabbit hole of Ray Dalio lectures, based on a friend referencing his latest book. That book outlines the factors/cycles that lead to the rise and fall of global empires and, predictably, doesn’t predict good things for the US. Dalio is clearly a brilliant systems thinker, able to process vast amounts of… Continue reading A Waste of Talent: Profiting from the Sidelines