Alternative To Capitalism Summary

Klein does present this devastating critique of capitalism; however, she doesn’t suggest a clear alternative to capitalism. She doesn’t say that we need a “system change,” like eco-socialism, so it’s more of her just complaining about it and not having an actual alternative to prevent an ecological collapse. On page 22 in her book she says, “We need an entirely new economic model and a new way of sharing this planet.” She has no idea what kind of economic model we need, she just knows we need a new one. That’s clearly not an alternative, it is a statement to everyone and her wanting someone else to figure it out. At least with MLK Jr., he did more than complain about it, he changed the world by doing something about it. It is clear that if …show more content…
Because Klein pulled quotes from other people’s voices and dislikes capitalism along with Marx? Capitalism will not go away in the United States rather than radically change something that isn’t broken and hurts the environment, slow it down. What I mean is that we can keep capitalism, but we have to change the way we produce the products, make limits on products allowed within households, and make sure everyone understands how they are effecting the environment –even if it means using an old tactic in advertising of using fear-. If people do not want capitalism then they should move. You cannot change something like that without all hell breaking loose. We can’t stray away from capitalism Mark J. Perry talks about in his article; he says that socialism and collectivism will fail. He compares collectivism to a pyramid scheme and says that it is unsustainable because it a flawed theory based on faulty principles. If we moved to collectivism would we know for sure that the environment will be way better and meet the goals scientists want for the CO2 maximum to eventually be? No, we do not, BUT we do know how collectivism will fail in its flawed theory. Now what about socialism? Perry says that socialism may show signs early that is successfully –economy wise-, but it doesn’t work because, “it is not consistent with fundamental principles of human behavior” (?). He says that human behavior is based on incentives and in socialism it does not matter. The most recent country transitioning from socialism is China; they are moving to capitalism. They are doing it for multiple reason and it shows that capitalism is the best economic model if one of the most populated countries like them wants to move to capitalism. The people in China and people in Cuba are running away from their country because “it kills and destroys the human spirit,” as what Perry described socialism does to the people. Now socialism can work, but is it