Composting the #deathcult means building an alternative

For 40 years we’ve been told there is no alternative. The neoliberal #deathcult has made a religion of markets, competition, individualism and profit. We’ve been told to keep our heads down, accept the consequences and leave everything to the market. Now look at where this has taken us. People work hard but cannot afford housing, food, energy or the basics of a dignified life. Economic insecurity grows while wealth and power concentrate in fewer hands. Democracy becomes hollow when governments tell people that nothing can be done about the things that matter most in their lives. This is fertile ground for fascism – when the existing system becomes unbearable, people become open to #nastyfew who promise blinded alternatives. On one hand the far right understands this, offering belonging, agency and a mythical better past, but builds that promise around exclusion, hierarchy and the dehumanization of others. On the other hand the progressive failure is that we have not built a convincing…

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