“The assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking.”
― Murray Bookchin
Avatar: a house sparrow in a guitar [photo by me]
Top banner image: a crystal blue river flows past ice-crusted flora on a snow covered bank [photo by me]
i personally believe that employee ownership of business with community oversight is the most reasonable way forward. it would be much more democratic than the economic autocracy most workers currently live under and communities affected by business decisions would have a say.
this. i remember a few years ago i was somewhere that folks had put on the macy’s t-day parade. it was the first time i’d really noticed the intensity of the propaganda. most of the themes and music were just about acquiring material things and how good and normal that is. the propaganda was so strong it made me viscerally uncomfortable to watch.
another behind the bastards alum/ knowledge fight side-character bites the dust.
fiction: the lord of the rings cycle and watership down
non-fiction: a paradise built in hell by rebecca solnit