In April, Société Générale economist Albert Edwards released a scathing note saying he hadn’t seen anything like the current levels of corporate greed in his four decades working in finance. He said companies were using the war in Ukraine as an excuse to hike prices in search of profits.
“The end of Greedflation must surely come. Otherwise, we may be looking at the end of capitalism,” Edwards wrote. “This is a big issue for policymakers that simply cannot be ignored any longer.”
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
Seriously, promise?
I and my family will take the painful collapse and rebuild, because at least that provides hope for a better future, unlike today’s path, further enriching a few thousand sociopath’s ego scores in their race to see who can burn up the the planet for private profit the fastest.
Living under the tyranny of the greed class is just pain by design. Pain in generational perpetuity.
Yeah, seriously. The path is so obvious and linear for society today due to that. I feel like it just gets easier to predict the future, from axioms such as “the rich are powerful and will always try to expand their influence and cement their rule”.
It’s easy to see that climate change will never be solved for as long as something big doesn’t change, wealth inequality will keep rising, it will just keep being more and more expensive to live and own things, working conditions won’t improve or may even worsen, automation will put out more and more people out of a job, creating a massive crisis, poor countries will get worse leading to wars or other crises, and ever more commercialization of everything, such as art and hobbies.
At least, unless it collapses/a revolution happens.
This is all a bit optimistic. The collapse of society will have a measurable human toll and may seal the deal on the chance of a better future. Very optimistic to think the resulting power struggle will result in anyone other than a dictator taking power.
but that’s all already happening anyways. it’s not a risk to changing things if it is a given in the status quo
Happening, hasn’t happened. Op is suggesting we just succumb. If I have to explain why that is a stupid notion I’m not even going to start with you.
He’s literally complaining about capitalism while saying it might end capitalism. Fucking wild.
Accelerationism is a fucking dogshit ideology, but just like all dogshit ideologies, there’s an element of truth to it. Shit like this could literally end capitalism.
if you literally break the economy to the point where average people can’t afford necessities, it’s over. people won’t work if there isn’t food and a roof as rewards. they’ll be forced to seek those needs outside the system. many will die in this process but none will work for capitalist profit
The thing is, it’s an inevitability of capitalism. When you have a system who’s measurement of success is how much material wealth you can accumulate, people are going to do their best to accumulate as much wealth as possible. Which means putting basic needs on the back burner if they don’t make you enough money.
I think people wanting stuff is pretty much endemic to people, whatever economic system happens to be in place.
Capitalism could work with very strong governmental oversight. You have the hustle and means to get filthy rich? Good for you. You want to get filthy rich x 10,000? Get fucked.
I can’t wait for capitalism to end. Here’s a good video explaining it…
‘Why it’s a hard time imagine life after capitalism’ https://youtu.be/PaASqPnpq5Y