“I don’t understand why everything is so fucked up and we seem incapable of fixing any of it!”
This is because you believe you live in a democracy when you actually live under capitalism.
(And it is functioning exactly as designed.)
PS. Not your fault; you’ve been taught your whole life that the two are complementary when they’re diametrically-opposed.
@aral I'd be very curious to hear how democracy without capitalism could be structured (putting aside for now the more interesting question of how the corresponding transition from the current state would happen).
The closest to a response I can think of is the ideas of Cornelius Castoriadis, but as many other things in life, it shows that the problem is that it's us not doing enough for a change:
https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase_mobile?openform&fp=epoche&id=epoche_2010_0015_0001_0001_0012
@mapto @aral One of the various proposed forms of economic democracy is most likely imo. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_democracy
So many variations possible, like https://mastodon.social/@jlou/112080581372175879
@mapto @aral
Democracy without capitalism can be structured through decentralized decision-making processes, where communities collectively participate in shaping their own social, economic, and political systems. This could involve direct democracy, worker cooperatives, community councils, and decentralized planning mechanisms, all aimed at ensuring equal participation, collective ownership, and democratic control over resources and decision-making.
@mapto @aral Did you ever read Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, or the loose sequel 2312? There were some good ideas in that.