Saoirse McHugh IN HER FORTNIGHTLY column for TheJournal.ie, Saoirse McHugh of the Green Party writes about what we can do as individuals in the face of climate chaos.
Extracting profit from resources and labour only to reinvest in further extraction has wreaked havoc on our world. The accumulation of profit as a shaping force in society leaves so much unaccounted for and undervalued. The need for growth and the relentless expansion into and enclosing of new commons, such as carbon use and genetic information, means that capitalism is entirely incompatible with a finite planet and a just world.
I myself have had so many conversations where capitalism comes up and is met with: “But look at North Korea and Cuba, look at how many people died in Soviet Russia.” No doubt atrocities occurred in countries which were under a different economic system. Related Read 27.10.19 Saoirse McHugh: The Shannon LNG should not be considered any further by the government
The promises of green growth or sustainable capitalism are tempting, yet I fear that every year spent chasing these will-o-the-wisps is a year lost while continuing to worsen our predicament.
The Green Party will be responsible for a death toll, if given the power to Govern. Capitalist societies are the freest societies on Earth. The more Government intervention, the less free we are by way of force.
Capitalism has evolved into the biggest pyramid scheme known to man. The top tier own everything and are not happy with some of the money, they want all of the money.
OMFG and these people are allowed to have children !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When you really have no idea of what you are talking about, blame capitalism! same old rhetoric from the same old tired source!
Climate justice, our economic model, how to avoid severe inequality and a more use of our finite resources demands a debate.
It's like 'not a communist but'...
No, we need to talk about corporatism, without capitalism we wouldn't be having this debate online. Corporatism is the real culprit of monopoly and greed.