Comment on The real tragedy of the culture war: the right fights for something that never existed, the left for something that will never be

• Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Proves the falsity of inevitability.

  Hopelessness and cynicism is very hip and very wrong.

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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Article “We must stop inequality before it collapses civilization”

  topic “NY elected a socialist that will fight to lower inequality”

  so, are you like agreeing with the comment that things are changing?

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  • MrSmiley@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’ve read the book. The analysis is great, it proposes some interesting ideas to possibly prevent collapse, but like the article states at the end, it’s unlikely. I would argue impossible, and communities should be organizing towards localization of production and self-sufficiency if they are to even survive.

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• JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  unless inequality is vanquished

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  • MrSmiley@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Despite the possibility of avoiding collapse, Kemp remains pessimistic about our prospects. “I think it’s unlikely,” he says. “We’re dealing with a 5,000-year process that is going to be incredibly difficult to reverse, as we have increasing levels of inequality and of elite capture of our politics.

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    • JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Okay looking further into the article makes me retract caring about the part I quoted. I agree that we’re heading for the societal collapse stated there. The American empire is going to fall and I’m optimistic about that. Because, like Kemp says, that often improves the lives of the ordinary citizen.

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      • MrSmiley@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        It’s a global system, the world goes with it.

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