The coronavirus has made even the Queen into a commie!
Well, not quite, as she says the various low paid workers are continuing to work ‘selflessly’, rather than having to do so out of sheer necessity of survival.
But, seriously, this is a very hard hitting criticism of inequality and the capitalist system from the BBC:
Well, not quite, as she says the various low paid workers are continuing to work ‘selflessly’, rather than having to do so out of sheer necessity of survival.
But, seriously, this is a very hard hitting criticism of inequality and the capitalist system from the BBC:
The good thing about this bad virus situation is how many people are thinking we need to fundamentally change our system, since capitalism has proven to be so weak in a crisis. In the short term we can pay out billions to help people get through it, and we should.
However, in the long run what we need is to stop using a capitalist system because inequality, concentration of power and taking control away from the majority of people is central to how it works. We need to organise ourselves according to a better system, BESS, as i call it (a better economic and social system) that works well for the majority of us.
No matter what useful short term changes we make in pay and education and rights etc, they will all be whittled away again 50 years later or so, if we have a capitalist system (as we have seen since the 1980s, with right wing government taking away the rights won in 1911 and 1945 etc).
We need a BESS, and we ARE capable of having one.
However, in the long run what we need is to stop using a capitalist system because inequality, concentration of power and taking control away from the majority of people is central to how it works. We need to organise ourselves according to a better system, BESS, as i call it (a better economic and social system) that works well for the majority of us.
No matter what useful short term changes we make in pay and education and rights etc, they will all be whittled away again 50 years later or so, if we have a capitalist system (as we have seen since the 1980s, with right wing government taking away the rights won in 1911 and 1945 etc).
We need a BESS, and we ARE capable of having one.