Ch. 18 A New System A New Paradigm
"The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor. The majority of mankind are working people. So long as their fair demands - the ownership and control of their livelihoods - are set at naught, we can have neither men's rights nor women's rights. The majority of mankind is ground down by industrial oppression in order that the small remnant may live in ease." - Helen Keller The objective of Part 2 of this book is to show how we can create a new cooperative economic system in this country. But we can't just wave a magic wand and it's not going to happen overnight. Its a multi-step process which we will explore in the next few chapters. First let's review what we've discussed so far by doing a brief comparison of our current system to our new proposed system. Our current Neo-liberal Capitalist System Purpose: Economic Extractionism Inherent conflict between owners and w...