Broken system overview
Capitalism does what it says on the tin: it overlays structures throughout society that, like gravity, pull wealth and resources toward those who already have them. It serves up food that makes us sick, pushing us into a healthcare system reliant on medication and creating medical dependency. We are demanded to work beyond our capacity with few protections for our well-being. Insecurity is everywhere, we are in debt to banks, we float untethered and ungrounded in falling system touting the benefits of individualism. We sooth our struggles in addictions and cheap thrills and hope for many is extinguished. And then we are judged so harshly for failures to function in such a rigged system.
New Zealand follows our western capitalists overlords and this path takes us toward feudal corporatism, where international asset managers increasingly take over roles traditionally managed by governments, such as providing social housing, hospital services and building infrastructure.
Videos and podcasts
International experts on how we got here and how to pivot to better system.
Grace Blakeley economist, author and media commentor in the UK is an awesome listen. In this video Grace shares how the 1% got be so wealthy and how the rest of us have fewer options become enslaved by the system.
Follow this podcast by Ben Norton for an in depth understsanding of how corporations are taking over the role of government in everything from housing to infrastructure and even prisons. Unfortunately this means they will own and operate countries instead of governments and we the people have new corporate feudal overlords.
Owen Jones is a passionate English independent journalist who has a focus on human rights, justice and politics. He pumps out so much information its pretty astounding.
Brett Christopher professor based in Sweeden is an expert in assett managers with a particular focus on housing. He will share where the current free market policies are taking us.