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Obsessed. This is it. This is THE book.
A thorough solution to climate change that would 1) totally work and 2) be both anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist. I feel like I’ve been searching for this book my whole life and now I’ve found it and I don’t really know what to do with myself 😅
It was:
✨ part analysis of all the major economic models on climate justice (the above Aaron Bastani’s included)
✨ part EPIC Marx scholarship
Saito’s critiques were all spot on and I’m in awe of how he took inspiration from unpublished archival drafts of Marx’s later works. It was mind blowing, approachable, and just… right, I think.
Also this is a translated work, originally published in Japanese. And I think it’s a good reminder that maybe we should look outside the Anglo-sphere for solutions to climate change.
A thorough solution to climate change that would 1) totally work and 2) be both anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist. I feel like I’ve been searching for this book my whole life and now I’ve found it and I don’t really know what to do with myself 😅
It was:
✨ part analysis of all the major economic models on climate justice (the above Aaron Bastani’s included)
✨ part EPIC Marx scholarship
Saito’s critiques were all spot on and I’m in awe of how he took inspiration from unpublished archival drafts of Marx’s later works. It was mind blowing, approachable, and just… right, I think.
Also this is a translated work, originally published in Japanese. And I think it’s a good reminder that maybe we should look outside the Anglo-sphere for solutions to climate change.
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A quick and easy read which utilises research into Marx’s notes from his final years to create something that might sound inflammatory and bonkers (who among the general populace looks at Marx with admiration after all?), but in the end has concrete, achievable steps to steer us away from complete catastrophe whilst also increasing happiness. This is a bit like the hippy-dippy ‘eat local, buy local’ writ large, with an expansive list of socialised common goods (water, power, housing, etc) and a focus on breaking the consumerist habit.
Food for thought. I will certainly be evaluating my own lifestyle and habits in light of this.
Food for thought. I will certainly be evaluating my own lifestyle and habits in light of this.
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Perhaps a bit too radical at times but I enjoyed most of his musings, and am feeling empowered to action and to continue my education through reading!
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I liked a lot in this book, and it made some really cogent points about capitalism and how to combat it. Unfortunately, despite the sections focusing on care workers, I'm not convinced that the book fully passes the "but was about disabled people?" Sniff test. Still, I fundamentally agree that commons and cooperatives are essential tools for us to save the future, so I'm with him there!