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RE: [Hae-Joo] The Dialectics of Progress : Where Are We Heading? [Part 1 : On Capitalism, Marx and Utopia]

in #technology7 years ago

I really enjoyed reading your piece and I’ve now followed you, so as not to miss the next part.

By the way, this passage:

And to be fair, both sides fosho contributed to a kind of synergy, between the "get your shit together, figure out what you can offer, pull-yourself by your own bootstraps, and go out and change the world" vybe of capitalism, and the "yeah, but let's also help these guys get involved, show them the possibilities and try and inspire them to reaching that level where you can actually enact your ideas and make a difference".

…reminded me of this TEDxTalk:

To sum it up: capitalism and socialism really do work together. It a country like Sweden it is fairly obvious. While in the US most people think that those are two opposing forces.