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Instead of saying that we are living in "late stage capitalism," what is something positive we could we say we are living in the early, or pre, stages of?

I'm tired of critiquing the current failed system & dreaming of what will replace it.

Positive answers only please. Snark and humor not welcomed in response to this post.

#solarpunk

in reply to Rob πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ RMiddleton.Art

We are transitioning into connected, inclusive communities centered in mutual aid and sustainability with all beings, human and more than human.

Air, water, earth and sunlight are our elemental ancestors and our future generations.

We know all are One.

#solarpunk

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in reply to Rob πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ RMiddleton.Art

There is no going back from solar and wind, everyday they show how efficient these technologies are, they only gonna become better and replacing nuclear and fossil fuels. Battery storage is getting better every day. Decentralization becomes more prevalent. We have a better undestanding of global connectivity. And the list goes on and on. People wanna cooperate and not compete.
in reply to Rob πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ RMiddleton.Art

I find it difficult to say, because we are still in the phase of finding out. But I would love if we are in the entering phase of humaneness, where finally humans in their whole (influence on environment, environment's influence on us, empathy for everything alive, showing generally the best of us) matter more, than some made up currency that made us judge anything on it's worth.
in reply to Rob πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ RMiddleton.Art

useful question.

I sometimes take the view we at the start of nature's enforced sustainability.

I will leave that to the individual to decide if they view that as a good thing or a bad thing, but for me it's a great consolation prize knowing we could've done sustainability electively, chose not to, but get it anyway.

in reply to Rob πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ RMiddleton.Art

I think we're in the early stages of "modern community" - a time when we re-learn the strengths of our innate nature as a social animal & the power of actual interhuman relations. Let's not forget that this natural human impulse also drove early development of the internet; it was usurped by that C-thing but there's little mystery as to what we actually want. Next: We build that, this time hopefully understanding & defending it against those threats.
in reply to Rob πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ RMiddleton.Art

in reply to Rob πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ RMiddleton.Art

I call myself a solarpunk, but the current trajectory suggests me that things are going to get worse before they get better. In that sense, taking a page from Varoufakis, I believe we're in the early stages of technofeudalism.

BUT, as feudalism was also about to be ground to a halt by the Great Rising, and taking a page from Degrowth, I also believe we're in the embryo (not early, not yet) stage of, perhaps, a *Great Slowing*.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasan…

in reply to Rob πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ RMiddleton.Art

We are in a time where the knowledge and technology is there to overcome old crusty believes and to make improvements even on small scale.
Everyone can start to participate.

In Germany there was the believe that renewables could never contribute more than 3% to the electricity grid in the 90s. Virtual Powerplants were unthinkable.
We now proved that a lot is possible and it gets accepted.

Time of Relearning and thinking small to big :)

in reply to Rob πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ RMiddleton.Art

the early days a more rational society.

Where we center human survival and the dignity of the individual.

Where food, housing and medical care are basic responsibilities of the state; not opportunities for profit.

in reply to Rob πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ RMiddleton.Art

I had a thought experiment from Capital where Marx says that feudalism ended with the Black death and Capitalism isn't born until around 200 years later. I used to follow Open Source news and growth of a community led suite of software tools that slowly build over time that as a whole can become too big to complete with by a company that wants to create a stand alone software to dominate the market.
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