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What is the goal of late capitalism? Stated and unstated. Capitalism requires continuous growth. But there are limits built into the system; it's a closed system. The atmosphere can hold only so much carbon dioxide before it becomes supersaturated and toxic to humans.
Late capitalism grows by taking from the poor.
Capitalism makes more and more people more and more poor. The rich become richer; the richest are still the richest. Impoverishment. Manufactured dependency. Subservience. They take more and more from more and more.
Some say it would be best for humankind if money were gathered in a few hands -- that the survival of the human race depends on it. The people who are able to manipulate the system in favour of their needs and wants are the most able custodians of the human race. Hey, if they can get all that money, they must be doing something right. They have a compass. It may not be moral, but they at least can navigate us into the future.
We are on a Judgment Day course. Things are going to hell, no question. How we know this may be the cause or it may be the result, it doesn't really matter. What's important is that it's happening at all, and to realize the reason, the most plausible outcome.
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More and more money in fewer and fewer hands is evidence of an impending collapse. Resources are scarce. There are too many people. Take what you can and make for the proverbial hills -- even if those hills are other planets. If we only rescue 1/6th of the population, that's plenty. Late capitalism, or exclusive capitalism, excludes 5/6ths of the world's population -- or about 5 billion people. The 5 billion are throwaways, a sacrifice, the price paid...
(For more, and better, info on this and other pressing issues, see a discussion by none other than David Suzuki and Stephen Lewis on CBC Radio. For an intro clip, click here.)
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