(2016) Technology destroys people and places. I’m rejecting it

Post by andrenth » Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 11:52 PM UTC

api wrote: post #22

andrenth wrote: post #7

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We can unquestionably say that communism has destroyed people and places.

We can also unquestionably say that communism is not the only alternative. For the record I am not an authoritarian communist and I don't think it's a good alternative. I was very specific. I said "state corporatist capitalism" because there are even capitalist alternatives to that such as voluntarist libertarian capitalism and communitarian/co-op oriented capitalism. Our system is one of state-backed corporate capit…

Post by davelnewton » Wed, Jul 11, 2018, 2:20 PM UTC

XorNot wrote: post #32

pavel_lishin wrote: post #13

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It sounds like our variant of capitalism is the system that's destroying people, not technology.

Bingo! I feel like you get this type of article from Americans as a cowardly way to avoid criticising unchecked capitalism or dealing with and engaging with their politics as a means to build a better government. Easier to blame a nebulous concept and the individual, then advocate for any sort of group cooperatism - even though as a species cooperating is what we've always done.