Letter
Capitalism should be the target
Richard, great article. In my view the corporations are not the right target, capitalism is. It inevitably generates the problems.
Very good that you point to the failure to focus on what has led to Trump, and the fact that he has done us a great service by busting the mold. The Dems were only the alternative capitalist party.
You see that the need is for a different vision … of course, but, sorry, capitalist ideology is so entrenched that I have no doubt no alternative can emerge in time. Sanders is a Karmunist.
Nothing good will come out of this accelerating festering mess. I cannot see how a catastrophic collapse can be avoided, triggered by the financial/debt house of cards. That could be the end of us all, but it might force enough people to turn to local co-operative sufficiency etc. to be the beginnings of a sane path.
— Ted Trainer from Sydney, NSW