(This is a reprise of a piece I wrote in November of 2011. At that time, I was very much a beneficiary of the Rescue Rangers at DailyKos.com, and writing excellent stuff while hanging out at Occupy LA. Now, I see politics in the post-election haze in this light: right now we can do two things.
Eventually the human race will realize that its subordination to the capitalist system is destroying life on the planet. At that point, it will walk away from capitalism, and toward a multiplicity of small-scale, decentralized economic systems based on trust and friendship.
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