Comment on Capitalism is an unrealistic death cult.
Rothe@piefed.social 6 days agoYou have been lost to right wing propaganda. That is exactly what they want you to believe, so you stop believing in a way out. So why not just keep the status quo with oligarchs using all of our resources and destroying our planet?
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Meh. So you’re choosing to evaluate a claim not based on whether or not it is true, but whether or not it supports political change. Fine.
What I’m directly attacking is the “Myth of Progress”, a hangover from Christianity, the idea that we are inexorably progressing to a materially perfect future. When Obama quotes MLK, “The arc history is long, but it bends towards justice,” that is what he is talking about. If he just wait it out, all our problems will be solved. So believing in progress can potentially be as debilitating as not believing in progress.
For my part, I think change is possible, but I do not need the motivation of heaven on earth to motivate me. There will always be a struggle to share power and resources in a society, no matter what the system.