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Robotswithpersonality
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Change the system, not the climate.
An accessible introduction to the idea of ecosocialism. Makes clear that capitalism cannot be made environmentally friendly, nor can leftist/neoliberal governments who are backing corporations/capitalism, no matter how many green washing initiatives are advertised, an obvious conclusion given decades of international environmental conferences without seeing meaningful reduction in carbon emissions, etc. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? Explains the socialist experiments of the 20th century failing for specific reasons, mistakes that do not have to be repeated, as well as the ways the original idea of socialism should be upgraded from modern sensibilities. Clarifies how the conjoining of eco- with -socialism allows for the best path forward to ensure both global justice and environmental recovery. 6d
Robotswithpersonality 3/? Heavy emphasis on solidarity, acknowledging where indigenous and labour movements have made some progress against corporations which sought to harm and harvest, i.e. the Amazon rainforest, while acknowledging the obstacles, the work needed on the ground to remake government and society in such a way, and the need for more detailed plans. 6d
Robotswithpersonality 4/? I am glad that the author never missed a chance to remind the reader that working toward this vision should not stop the attempts to get certain environmental initiatives happening ASAP, even within the existing governmental framework, as time is growing short in respect to the effects of global warming. 6d
Robotswithpersonality 5/6 A collection of essays, with an appendix of manifesto and declarations, this lays the groundwork that lets me understand the importance and the goals, and empowers me to do further research, investigate avenues of action in support of ecosocialism, because the case made here is a strong and convincing one. (edited) 6d
Robotswithpersonality 6/6 If I have one complaint it's that the same ground appears to be covered multiple times in a short space, but insofar as that increases the chances of any reader absorbing the salient points, I can't blame Löwy for that approach. 6d
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Robotswithpersonality
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🤨 🐓🦊😏

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Robotswithpersonality
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What if you had more time and energy to build a better world?

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Bookwomble
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À propos of nothing, I always thought Bernard Hill would've been excellent casting for a biopic of William Morris. I wish that'd happened.

bibliothecarivs Wow! You're right! Here's another (see if you agree): Dougray Scott recently made a BBC Scotland program about the history of football (not your thing, I know) and in the clip I saw, he looked strikingly like George Orwell! 2mo
Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs I kinda see what you mean with Dougray and George, though I think Dougray would need a few late nights and bottles of whisky to match George's hangdog look 😁 2mo
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breadnroses
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(2/2) Finally read this banger. Chapters 2 & 4 were on the additional course readings list for the CLR James seminar, but I decided to push through the whole thing since it was short enough & such a seminal revolutionary text.

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catiewithac
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This explained why I feel the way I feel about being a wage slave. I‘m resistant about being plugged in to social media and dislike my employer‘s attempts to connect every work action to data. This mess we‘re in globally is quite a spiraling web. Wake up!

Aimeesue Agree with you 1000% about connecting all work to data. It‘s completely ruined health care in the US, not that it was great to begin with. If it‘s not billable, it rarely gets done. 😡 2mo
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shortsarahrose
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“. . . The capitalist who employs improved but not yet universally used methods of production sells below the market price, but above his individual price of production; his profit rate thus rises, until competition cancels this out; in the course of this period of adjustment, the second requirement is fulfilled, i.e. growth in the capital laid out . . .”

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shortsarahrose
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After lab work🩸💉and a stop at Petsmart 🐈‍⬛, it‘s time for a sandwich, Coke, and Marx.

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Robotswithpersonality
Why Socialism? | Albert Einstein
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Just a world-renowned theoretical physicist taking a few moments to lay down clear, concise, (depressingly relatable to the modern reader) reasoning in 1949 for why the current (western?) societal obsession with the individual and the evils of capitalism are proof that society, economy and government needs a change, and the best way forward is socialism. 1/2

Robotswithpersonality 2/2 The article is appropriately titled 'Why Socialism?' not How Socialism? , so it ends by acknowledging some of the challenges to implementing socialism, but after reading it, it seems all the more obvious that this change would be worth the effort. 9mo
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Bookwomble
The ABC of Communism | Nikolai Bukharin, Evgenii Preobrazensky
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"It seems to me that all suicides in circumstances of hunger and need have the undoubted character of murder... The question of a right to suicide will only make sense in a future society where no material motives for suicide will exist. Only in a society that has guaranteed to all its members the means of existence will the question be appropriate.”

- Yevgeny Preobrazhensky, 1912

Bookwomble This is quoted in The War on Disabled People, but I wanted to attribute it to the actual author, Preobrazhensky. I don't know if it's in the book tagged in the main post, though.
Sorry it's rather dour for a Sunday evening (on my line of longitude). My reading is all over the place today.
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