Beyond capitalism with a human face: a radically simple way

#peakoil Beyond capitalism with a human face: a radically simple way: Ted Trainer is one of the wisest, boldest,...

Trainer is an anarchist. He feels that we are going to have to build the new economy ourselves, at the community level, without help from governments and probably with considerable resistance. Some will consider this anarchism to be a fault in Trainer’s analysis, and argue that it relies on a view of human nature that is too optimistic. That is a criticism all anarchists must deal with, and one that Trainer should probably give more attention. Others may argue that the state will need to play a larger role in “the transition” than Trainer allows, if only because a great deal needs to be done in a short time, and current structures are locking individuals and communities into unsustainable consumption patterns. The state certainly has the power to unlock those individuals and communities from those structures, and it could do so much more quickly than if we rely on grassroo...

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