#postcapitalism — Public Fediverse posts

Leaving you all with an excerpt from an essay from 2022, before I re-boost posts from yesterday and boost quoted posts. TY to @MaQuest , @jblue , @rooftopjaxx and everyone who shared and/or chimed in! #ABetterWorldIsPossible !

Can Solarpunk Save the World?

The choice, then, is clear: solarpunk, or barbarism.

by Stacey Balkan, November 15, 2022

Excerpt: "Offering an imperfect but clear-eyed hope, rather than so many apocalyptic nightmares, is a key goal of solarpunk fiction. While many critics argue that radical change will only come about following the total collapse of Earth systems—in other words, the apocalypse imagined by popular climate fiction and much recent zombie fare—it has become increasingly evident that such alarmism possesses no political utility.

"Furthermore, in a discussion about climate and energy justice, we must acknowledge that, for many #Indigenous communities, the 'apocalypse' happened long ago: during the long 16th-century, when an expanding plantation system expedited the removal and enslavement of millions of #BIPOC persons in order to accommodate the #hyperconsumption of imperial centers like London.

"Apocalypse, as a geohistorical event or literary trope, is thus not central to solarpunk. That is, solarpunk doesn’t require an environmental apocalypse, because most solarpunk practitioners understand the material legacies of #SettlerColonialism as on ongoing apocalypse.

"Consequently, solarpunk worlds are not necessarily postapocalyptic (nor set in the future), but they are #postextractivist. Responding to the ethos of #extractive #capitalism — whereby the colonized exist as 'fuel … for the sake of someone else’s good life' — solarpunk imaginaries demand a thorough dismantling of fossil-fueled modernity and the material infrastructures (and attendant cultural expressions) that occasioned our comprehensive dependence on prehistoric carbon. Quite logically then, solarpunk also rejects the techno-utopian project of saving industrial modernity via increasingly hubristic geoengineering schemes."

Full essay:
https://www.publicbooks.org/can-solarpunk-save-the-world/

#SolarPunkSunday #PostCapitalism #SharingEconomy #Earth4All #SettlerColonialism #ExtractiveIndustries #TechBros

“The lesson of the #EastIndiaCompany is not only that #corporations can behave monstrously abroad. It is that they can flex their powers at home, too. Like the East India Company before them, today’s #giants are using their lobbying dollars and closeness to power to warp our #politics and our #economy as they take on the powers and functions of a #nationstate .”
#postcapitalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/opinion/ai-power-lobbying-military-britain-east-india-company.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9FA.rHyW.tvGISRbdUfKB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

After Capitalism: A Cooperative Economy

Just stumbled across this amazing documentary on co-ops in the US by Sarah Maria on YouTube - love hearing these kinds of stories of how co-operatives can grow and thrive 💚

#coop #cooperatives #postcapitalism #solarpunk #future #economy #documentary

https://youtu.be/ZkWAqQLuyU4

It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism is true until it isn't. For some practical ideas, I highly recommend this podcast by Micheal Mezz

https://pca.st/4mgozhfv

#ClimateDiary #Degrowth #PostGrowth #Postcapitalism

#ForensicFengShui xD Hahahaha 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

My forensic spider senses tell me that the current form of #PostCapitalism we’re we living under isn’t sustainable at all… and forces us to dehumanize ourselves and alienate ourselves to the point where people would do literally anything… to earn a buck…

“This ain’t no #GigEconomy no more… this is literally a #SickEconomy

Solarpunk: the utopia GenZ could build
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Solarpunk: la utopía que la GenZ podría construir

#solarpunk #genz #postcapitalism

https://youtu.be/9YiBEXoP_p4?si=13b8c7cIsRRMAwwc

I want a society designed around people.

Not quarterly profits.
Not shareholder value.
Not “disruption.”
Not making some tech bro with a rocket fetish another billion richer.

And certainly not teaching human beings to arrange their lives around whatever algorithm happens to be hungry today.

Technology is a tool.

A magnificent one! Give me solar panels, open-source software, accessible public transport, robots doing the filthy and dangerous jobs, libraries full of knowledge, green cities, beautiful trains, community gardens, and machines that quietly make everyone's lives easier.

But the question should always be:
“Does this make human life better?”

Not:
“Can we monetise it?”
Not:
“Can we automate it?”
Not:
“Can we scale it to infinity?”

And definitely not:
“Can we make people click on it 47 times before they can see the thing they actually wanted?”
😌

I don't want a shiny dystopia with better branding.

I want technology serving people.
Cities serving communities.
Economies serving human flourishing.
Humanity living as part of nature rather than treating the planet like a particularly inconvenient warehouse.
Build things that help us live.
Build things that help us care for one another.
Build things that give people more time to be alive.

And if your business model requires everyone to be miserable so that you can become a trillionaire…

Darling.

Perhaps your business model is the thing that needs disrupting. 💅🌱

#HumanCentered #PeopleOverProfit #PostCapitalism #Solarpunk #SustainableFuture #TechForPeople #GreenFuture #Community

And the future of capitalism is:

Don't you dare burn our company to the ground,
or we will issue another sternly worded press release.
#postcapitalism #dystopia #Wildberries #russia

https://open.substack.com/pub/aldogrech/p/stop-trying-to-be-america?utm_source=syndication

Three essays castigating Europe. The coda declines the exam. You cannot out-parasite the original parasite. Europe's real option: pre-Friedman capitalism, upgraded.

#Europe #PostCapitalism #Kleptocracy

#PostCapitalism reaches it's inevitable clown-show conclusion: Slow down dickheads; smell the roses; get a fucking life.

#FuckTechBros #FuckEhAye #FuckOligarchy
https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-san-francisco-drivers-traffic-gridlock

RE: https://mastodon.social/@2003MugishaPhocit/116874518348015250

Imagine if a person's worth and profile was measured like this!
#nature #trees #postcapitalism

In an unsustainable, oppressive society, it is quixotic to imagine that we could manage our survival in a sustainable, egalitarian way.

Mutual aid must not be a symptomatic treatment to address the systemic ills of capitalism, but a step towards revolutionary change.

https://crimethinc.com/RevolutionaryMutualAid #mutualAid #anarchism #anarchist #sustainability #egalitarianism #anticapitalist #anticspitalism #capitalism #postcapitalism #solarpunk @CrimethInc

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116788475656298497

This is an inspiring thread. What if the new world is already here, and just needs nurturing? That sounds like a credible world view!
#Climate #Politics #PostCapitalism

RE: https://ursal.zone/@botsocialista/116717079533018451

If we ever do get such news in English North America, I have yet to see it. #ThomasPiketty does, however, show in continental Europe now and then, taunting with crazy notions like:

"A report coordinated by the economist suggests: it is possible to eliminate poverty, reduce working hours by half and curb global warming. Prerequisites: frontal attack on inequality and political and economic transformation. What are the paths?"

#postcapitalism

📨 In the latest Cycles Hyped No More #newsletter:

Why Don’t We Use Software Created by Local Monasteries? (Or, How to Thrive in a #PostCapitalism World)

We need to wrest software away from the Capitalists. We need other models, other forms of collectives which produce software—not to turn a profit, but to save men’s souls (metaphorically speaking of course).

This essay may start out in an odd place, but I *swear* it ends up in a good place you'll find intriguing. 😂

https://buttondown.com/theinternet/archive/why-dont-we-use-software-created-by-local-monasteries/

This https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2026/4/8/in-strait-of-hormuz-iran-and-china-take-aim-at-us-dollar-hegemony is a move fit for the polycrisis! and this (quote below) is why I trust the multipolar (egalitarian) system can succeed, not why it has mountains to climb:

"Unlike the dollar, the yuan is not freely convertible due to Beijing’s strict capital controls, meaning that businesses and institutions cannot exchange it for other currencies or move it across borders at will."

#geopolitics #economics #anarchism #democracy #postcapitalism #InternationalMonetaryPolicy

17 parole che forse non tutti conoscono ma che è necessario sapere per fare un coraggioso passo in avanti.

Il video di @timparrique è al momento solo su YouTube però merita di essere visto e ascoltato.

È un grido per avere il coraggio di passare ai fatti dopo decenni di parole.

Si può fare, già si fa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoKQFxxanGU

#postcapitalism #postgrowth

Now officially in #PostCapitalism phase where #MegaCorps CEO dictate the market 🥳
#USA #FUBAR #MAGA

Big Banks Seeking a Piece of SpaceX’s I.P.O. Must Subscribe to Elon Musk’s Grok https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/business/spacex-ipo-grok-elon-musk.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

What form (if any) would copyright take in a post-capitalist society?

#PostCapitalism #Politics #Copyright

So, what happens after we overthrow the Empire? For example, do all dwellings become the personal property of whoever is actually living in them?

What happens to the mansions of the rich, such as Mar-A-Lago and the White House? Break them up into rent-free apartments? Ditto for hotels and other large buildings that don't have other uses?

#PostCapitalism #Socialism #Communism

Stewarding the Digital Commons

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://sein.com.au/articles/stewarding-the-digital-commons/

@casdeiro ...And now, in English: https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2025/06/09/energy-transitions-and-degrowth-an-interview-with-manuel-casal-lodeiro/ "Energy transitions and degrowth: an interview with Manuel Casal Lodeiro"

#EnergyTransition #Degrowth #Collapse #Postcapitalism #Extinction

"Are we moving #beyondcapitalism? If so, what alternatives are we moving towards and how will they be implemented?

Blaq Swans, a group that tracks and analyzes improbable events that shake the prevailing system, adapted the #CollaborativeEconomy Honeycomb to help the #P2PFoundation begin to answer these questions. The diagrams and full article can be found on the P2P Foundation’s site #CommonsTransition.
#PostCapitalism
https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/mapping-the-emerging-post-capitalist-paradigm-and-its-main-thinkers/

Fascism, genocide, ecological collapse - symptoms of a system designed to fail.
We keep fighting crises, not the cause.
It’s time to confront capitalism itself.

Read more: 👉 https://ecosocialassembly.wordpress.com/current-affair-comment/fascism-is-a-symptom-capitalism-is-the-disease/

#AntiFascism #EcoSocial #PostCapitalism #ClimateJustice #SocialJustice #SystemChange #EcoSocialAssembly

‘We cannot simply dust off old formulas to repeat; we need take the time necessary to invent a new strategy and new organizational forms adequate to the current conjuncture.’

Michael Hardt calls for a radical reinvention of political strategy in his contribution to Berliner Gazette’s Pluriverse of Peace series:

https://berlinergazette.de/the-end-of-mediation-radical-democracy-and-the-reinvention-of-strategies-for-planetary-liberation/

#politics #RadicalDemocracy #Pluriverse #MichaelHardt #PostCapitalism #marxism #postmarxism

The People's Union has called for a boycott of General Mills from April 21 to 28: https://thepeoplesunionusa.com/

People have the power. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊

#peoplepower #democracy #strike #solidarity #postcapitalism #thepeoplesunion #thepeoplesunionusa #us #usa #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #economics #generalmills #food

#freespeech #freeworld #freePalestine 🇵🇸 🕊️ #peace #nomorebillionaires #postcapitalism #solarpunk #greennewdeal #endapartheid

#Degrowth and the Unmaking of #Capitalism

By Giuseppe Feola, Olga Koretskaya, originally published by Degrowth.info
December 7, 2020

"Our societies are facing multiple interconnected challenges, which include #ClimateEmergency, an unprecedented loss of #biodiversity, growing #inequality and #PlasticPollution. What connects these challenges is the underlying capitalist economic model, which prioritizes #profit-making over #wellbeing and requires endless #EconomicGrowth simply to stay afloat.

"Degrowth offers an alternative vision – it is a project of urgent and fundamental transformation. Degrowth requires reimagining our societies from the perspective of being profit-centred to being wellbeing-centred. This approach distinguishes degrowth from other, more compromising visions of transformation, such as ‘green growth’. But how can society transition towards degrowth?

"One idea that has become prominent in thinking about such a transition is that of ‘#decolonization of the imaginary’, a concept developed by Serge Latouche. This concept signals the need for a disruption of taken-for-granted ways of seeing the world, and their associated practices, rules and social norms. Decolonization of the imaginary questions deeply rooted beliefs about who we are, how we live, and about our place in this world. Are we merely self-interested individuals or are we also care-oriented members of communities? To what extent do technology and #consumption contribute to human wellbeing? Does our constantly expansive economy threaten human communities and the natural world?

"Decolonization of the imaginary has been an inspirational idea for scholars and activists alike. Yet, it alone seems to be insufficient to take us to fully grasping the depth of disruptions of capitalism that have been produced by initiatives such as transition towns, #permaculture farms, and #RepairCafes. Decolonization of the imaginary emphasises the symbolic dimensions of social change but it underplays the material dimensions of such change. It is also usually understood as an end point, and hence fails to help us to recognize – and learn about – what happens along the way.

"How can we think about the processes by which disruptions of capitalism occur in broader, deeper and more dynamic ways? Is it possible for us to better capture what is going on in concrete initiatives?

"In a recent article, Giuseppe Feola proposes that we think about the disruption of capitalism in terms of ‘#unmaking’. He suggests that an unmaking of capitalism is not only necessary, but possibly pre-conditional for a transformation of the magnitude and nature required by degrowth. ‘Unmaking’ refers to individual or collective actions of disengagement or active deconstructions of existing capitalist systems that ‘make space’ for alternatives. Such actions could take the form of a personal decision to limit consumption or to quit a high-paying job at an #OilCorporation. Unmaking can also be recognized in a #CommunityFarm that refuses to submit to market pressure to expand production and instead turns to a #CommunitySupported model to sustain itself."

Read more:
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-12-07/degrowth-and-the-unmaking-of-capitalism/
#SolarPunkSunday #PostCapitalism #SmallScaleRuptures #Polycrisis

#FutureHistories #Podcast S02E33 - Pat Devine on Negotiated Coordination

#PatDevine, #JanGroos, #Interview, #Podcast, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #Planning, #Sozialismus, #Socialism, #Democracy, #Demokratie, #SocialistDemocracy, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Cooperation, #Decisionmaking, #Participation, #Capitalism, #Kapitalismus, #Postcapitalism, #ParticipatoryEconomics, #NegociatedCoordination, #Socialownership, #SelfgoverningSociety, #ScienceandSociety, #RobinHahnel, #DavidLaibman, #Marxism, #MarxistEconomics

https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s02e33-pat-devine-on-negotiated-coordination/

S02E21 - Robin Hahnel on Parecon

Participatory Economics (Parecon) – developed by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel – is one of the most popular models for democratic economic planning.

#RobinHahnel, #JanGroos, #Interview, #Podcast, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #Planning, #Sozialismus, #Socialism, #Democracy, #Demokratie, #Parecon, #MichaelAlbert, #Cockshott, #Cottrell, #Marxism, #VonMises, #Hayek, #Friedman, #Capitalism, #Kapitalismus, #Postcapitalism, #EconomicPlanning, #Communism, #ParticipatoryEconomics, #PlannedEconomy, #SystemicSocialism, #HetrodoxEconomics, #MarxistEconomics, #PoliticalEconomy, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #ReproductiveLabor, #ParticipatorySocialistSociety

https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s02e21-robin-hahnel-on-parecon/