> I fear we have a bigger problem than just capitalism (yes, I said
> *just* capitalism!).
I'm inclined to agree with this, and also and for the same reason to take
issue with Stan's defence of the Left. I don't think the arguments assembled
on the CrashList website are new or original. You can find the same kind of
doominess in old Marx himself, in fact. I guess it's just human nature not to
want to face inclement truths. Whatever the reason, people don't get it or
don't want to get it. I remember reading about global warming, melting ice
caps and the impossibility of China industrialising when I was a student in
1969. It just isn't news any more. I remember Susan Sontag saying it way back
then, before she joined the Repugs or whatever. People have a capacity for
self-deception limited only by the desire to be comfortable and homeostatic,
ie, there is no limit.
And given the scale of the problem of ecocide it's not JUST capitalism,
either, as Julien says, it IS a matter of human nature however defined or
socially determined that is. We have evolved to maximise our niche and unless
our species re-evolves pretty damn quick we'll maximise ourselves out of
existence.
Mark
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