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KingCharlemagne

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3. Highly misleading title. I wish the title were true but, if anything, the periodic

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 02:41 PM

Dec 2014

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crises of capitalism promise to get worse and worse with no sign that capitalism itself (or the "Age of Capitalism&quot is ending. The nations that constituted the former USSR and China have reverted to capitalism, so I have to disagree (with the author or editor of the title), albeit somewhat ruefully.

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Rebecca Solnit: The Age of Capitalism is over [View all] xchrom Dec 2014 OP

k and r and thank you for posting. niyad Dec 2014 #1

... xchrom Dec 2014 #2

Highly misleading title. I wish the title were true but, if anything, the periodic KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #3

Perhaps 2naSalit Dec 2014 #5

"Capitalism is ending. To find out more, buy my book!" Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #20

Heh. branford Dec 2014 #26

I'll buy that... 2naSalit Dec 2014 #51

Thanks for posting 2naSalit Dec 2014 #4

If King George had had Fox "News" and hate radio, we'd still be flying the Union Jack Doctor_J Dec 2014 #6

Indeed. The nonstop medIa propaganda and psyops hifiguy Dec 2014 #11

My Own Quote Dirty Socialist Dec 2014 #7

K&R. This should be today's top story on DU. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #8

K&R.... daleanime Dec 2014 #9

Every time I see someone saying that I wonder - where to from here? We seem to be heading to jwirr Dec 2014 #10

At this point we are too far down the rabbit hole. hifiguy Dec 2014 #12

Thank you for the honest answer. And unfortunately that is exactly what I fear. And I have assumed jwirr Dec 2014 #13

Have you read about this? Boreal Dec 2014 #32

To agree that this is what's coming for us could be called tin foil hat conspiracy. ladyVet Dec 2014 #44

make it so. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #14

Inspiring story NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #15

If voters in Richmond voted against Chevron, it's cuz Chevron has been shitting on them for decades. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #21

I didn't notice solnit taking credit, I noticed her reporting. I also noticed you have some kind of NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #22

I dont know why, since the refinery catches on fire every few years. Do you know anyone who actually Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #25

I think my writing is fairly straightforward. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #28

As is mine. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #30

Welcome to DU Caretha Dec 2014 #50

If Rebecca Solnit is worried about climate change, maybe she should stop trying to force Google Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #16

can you explain what you're talking about? NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #18

Happy to. She was a big poop-bah behind the SF protests trying to shut down the google commuter Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #19

all i see in your article about solnit is that she wrote a newspaper article about the buses. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #23

Uh... Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #24

those aren't the link you gave me and i'm really not in the mood to read 4 links now to see if one NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #27

Every time there was an article about those goofy protests, they interviewed her first. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #29

if so, maybe because she's well-known and had already written the first article? maybe because NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #31

I didn't say it was secret. I said it was goofy. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #33

Well, I agree that she's Boreal Dec 2014 #35

that, and cronyism. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #37

She didn't say it. So, "full of shit" is just perpetuating the misunderstanding here. ancianita Dec 2014 #41

Agree that "the age of captalism is over" is sweeping. NOWHERE does Solnit claim that. ancianita Dec 2014 #38

And if anything is going to move the human race off of its primary energy source, it's a Salon Op-Ed Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #39

And I say that your discrediting a writer based on an editor title, or the writer's tackling Google ancianita Dec 2014 #40

Right, whatever. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #42

That her writing can weather your criticism I'll agree with, however humble you claim it is. ancianita Dec 2014 #45

When the true master completes the great work, the people say "it happened of its own accord" Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #46

Solnit's work against Google brought attention to many levels of injustice in SF, ancianita Dec 2014 #47

Fair enough. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #48

Read your first link Boreal Dec 2014 #34

Crap, man, tell me about it. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #36

Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #17

... xchrom Dec 2014 #43

Capitalism doesn't need to die. It just needs to shrink a little. dawg Dec 2014 #49

One of the things about capitalism is that it can't shrink. rogerashton Dec 2014 #52

Not true. dawg Dec 2014 #53

If the electorate has the ultimate say, rogerashton Dec 2014 #54

The Scandinavian countries generally do a fine job of regulated capitalism. dawg Dec 2014 #55