Another world is possible: Prometheus or Pandora.(Excerpt)

Arena Journal | September 22, 2002| | Copyright

Prometheus or Pandora?

Driven by the ideal of private ownership of just about everything on Planet Earth, neo-liberal capitalism undermines social cohesion and justice for the sake of profits, competition, consumption and technological growth. (1) These values are the last ideological subterfuge of a modernity that has lost its moorings. Their hegemony has resulted in a rule of the marketplace and a commodification of existence that is largely responsible for the double wall of ecological menace and social degradation that blocks the future. In their shadow, the ...

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