The real enemy of all of us who want to make a better world is not capitalism or conservatism, but cynicism — our own feeling that no one cares about this shit, that nothing will ever change, so what’s the point? [...]
Now that neoliberalism has conquered its old enemies and won its world wars, its adherents have transformed from radical pioneers into conservative defenders of the status quo. “There is no alternative” sounds less like the battle cry of uncompromising reformers and more like the plea of an embattled caste.
The economic transformation needed to build an economic system in the interest of workers while remaining within natural limits is a long-term transformation. But
we must begin it. The alternative, a continued failure to address underlying economic realities, will continue to drive voters to the R…
[...] Republican governor Henry Hatfield (1913–17) once asked:
Why will not those who have large holdings in our commonwealth assist in the up-building of the state? When will relief come to us? Will it be when these hills and valleys have been exhausted of their bounties of nature and when th…
