By now, it is becoming clear that capitalism is a death trap for both civilisation and the planet hosting it. Yet most of us continue to go through the motions of “work, shop, repeat”, feeling like we have no choice but to pretend that “normal life as we know it” can somehow continue. We struggle … Continue reading Revolt of the Consumatrons: Resisting Economic Growth
It was unavoidable from our very beginnings that a species with this much in-built psychosis would only be able to give rise to a self-destructive civilisation. The full-time job of government, corporates and the media is now to simply keep everyone convinced that this self-annihilating civilisation is somehow supposed to make sense. Well, it … Continue reading Resisting the Curse of Global Capital: Transformation Through Collapse
Every criminal can walk out of prison free if they manage to incriminate the prosecution. Global capital is a gangster who gets away with murder every single time, by implicating us into its crimes. As consumatrons we are wholly dependent on the criminal necrosystem of the human Ponzi economy. We are accomplices who are bribed … Continue reading Collective Incrimination: How Global Capital Gets Away With Everything
The idea that a small group of individuals can form a “government” representing the best interests of its people has been one of the most disastrous leaps of faith humanity ever took. Arguably, as our societies grew, we had no choice but to form these governments. Although transferring power and authority from the masses to … Continue reading How Government Became a Hiding Place for Capital
The entirety of humanity has become one big business, and each of us is, willingly or not, part of this ever-growing, destructive, polluting, utterly pointless corporation. What is the point of working when there is hardly a job left on the planet which doesn’t guarantee the end of civilisation? The problem with jobs today is … Continue reading Planet of the Working Zombies
It is our biggest cognitive impediment that we have only learned to exist as a species who extracts and exploits. We remain as the teenagers walking up to the fridge, taking whatever they need without ever wondering who went grocery shopping, how much it cost, and who paid the electric bill. We never grew out … Continue reading Intro to Necronomics: Ecological Fraud and the Civilisational Lie
Ancient Greeks and many other civilisations were obsessed with the concept of “sacrifice for the greater good”. They believed that if they let go of something precious, they can earn something in return. It was a naive concept made to one’s measure: you got to pick both what you wanted, as well as what you … Continue reading Trading Corpses for Rain: How Global Capital Became a Deity
As the planet slips further into “uncharted territory”, a phrase which now almost every meteorologist uses, it is time for climate science to stop pretending: to admit, publicly, that climate science as a scientific discipline is in uncharted waters itself. This admission will never happen of course, as long as scientists want to hold on … Continue reading How Global Capital Killed Climate Science
The most successful protests in human history were led by angry mobs with simple and concrete demands: freedom, food, equality, the right to vote and so on. The anger, the urgency and the passion drove some demonstrators to even sacrifice their lives for their cause. Whether they were French peasants, African Americans, LGBTQ activists or … Continue reading Can a System Revolt Against Itself? Why Climate Protest May Be Completely Doomed.
We are all bullied into working for an economic system which in turn bullies the planet. This chain of exploitation, injustice and inequality is not simply a side effect of capitalism. It is what drives it. And like all bullies, this system depends on the subordination and psychological control of its victims. Our society is … Continue reading Bullied by Global Capital: Revolt of The Consumatrons
George Tsakraklides 