The Deeper Message That Is

It (the Chinese Move To Embrace Capitalism In 1989) Is A Mirror Of The Corporatist State First Pioneered In Chile Under Pinochet: A Revolving Door Between Corporate And Political Elites Who Combine Their Power To Eliminate Workers As An Organized Political Force. The Creation Of Today's Market Society Was Not The Result Of A Sequence Of Spontaneous Events But Rather Of State Interference And Violence.

When Nike Says, Just Do It, That's A Message Of Empowerment. Why Aren't The Rest Of Us Speaking To Young People In A Voice Of Inspiration?

I Do Believe That Our Ability To Jam The Trump Brand Is Somewhat Limited. I Think We Can Chip Away At It, But Ultimately The Way To Undermine The Trump Brand Is A Better Product In The Political Marketplace, If You'll Forgive The Capitalist Metaphor. I Do Think That The Negative Messaging On Trump Is Severely Limited Because He Is Tapping Into A Very Deep, And In Many A Rightful, Desire For Deep Change, And A Feeling That The Whole System Is So Broken And So Corrupt That You Might As Well Raise A Middle Finger As Some Kind Of Act Of Agency.

Either Greed Belongs In A War Zone, Or It Doesn't. You Can't Unleash It In The Name Of Sparking An Economic Boom And Then Be Shocked When Halliburton Overcharges For Everything From Towels To Gas, When Parsons' Sub, Sub, Sub-contractor Builds A Police Academy Where The Pipes Drip Raw Sewage On The Heads Of Army Cadets And Where Blackwater Investigates Itself And Finds It Acted Honorably. That's Just Corporations Doing What They Do And Iraq Is A Privatized War Zone So That's What You Get. Build A Frontier, You Get Cowboys And Robber Barons.

There Is Plenty Of Room To Make A Profit In A Zero-carbon Economy; But The Profit Motive Is Not Going To Be The Midwife For That Great Transformation.