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Socialize . . . how?

1 min readJun 5, 2022

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My conception of (badly-needed, duh) social change is more micro-level oriented than macro-level oriented. That’s why I’m such a fan of Samuel Alexander:

https://www.ecologicalcitizen.net/pdfs/v03sb-02.pdf

But the macro level can’t be ignored. At that level I’m a fan of eco-socialism and it sure does look like there’s increasing momentum for some kind of socialism:

https://jacobin.com/2022/06/thomas-piketty-time-for-socialism-capitalism-book

But the “what to do” in that regard (i.e., the “next system” project) is still very much up in the air:

If you happen to read that article you’ll see how foggy the envisioning is.

Or … I could save you the trouble of reading that article and just let you know: the envisioning is foggy.

(This is so indicative of the times we live in. The socialist movement has had a strong critique of the capitalist system for two hundred years. But in two hundred years it has not figured out how to replace that noxious-duh system.)

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Steven Welzer
Steven Welzer

Written by Steven Welzer

A Green Party activist, Steve was an original co-editor of DSA’s “Ecosocialist Review.” He now serves on the Editorial Board of the New Green Horizons webzine.