Revolution Now! Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #53 | Dec 18th 2024
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Dec 19, 2024 This conversation introduces an engaging new format featuring visuals and interviews on pressing issues. It critiques the failures of market-based solutions in addressing poverty and environmental problems, emphasizing the need for systemic change. Deregulation's negative impact on income inequality and scientific integrity is examined, alongside the dangers of competition fostering societal distrust. Advocating for collaborative economic models, the discussion envisions a system prioritizing equity and community involvement, challenging traditional competitive frameworks.
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Markets are the Problem
- Markets, trade, and their incentivized behaviors are the root problems.
- This isn't ideological; it's a systems science analysis of market capitalism.
Technology Won't Save Us
- Technological solutions within capitalism are inadequate, myopic band-aids.
- Focus on re-engineering the socioeconomic system itself, not just patching its flaws.
Cryptocurrency Delusion
- Cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, won't revolutionize finance; it's a system modulation.
- Inherent market imbalances persist, regardless of currency type.