| Title | : | Why Our Status Quo Failed and Is Beyond Reform |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 94 |
| Publication | : | Published April 20, 2016 |
Our status quo—the pyramid of wealth and power dominated by the few at the top—has failed and is beyond reform. This failure is not rooted in superficial issues such as politics or governmental regulations; the failure is structural. The very foundation of the status quo has rotted away, and brushing on another coat of reformist paint will not save our societal house from collapse. Yet those who benefit from our status quo naturally deny it has failed, for the reason that it has yet to fail them personally—either pretending to not understand all unsustainable systems eventually collapse, or hoping to postpone it. The writing is on the wall for us to We are doing more of what has failed spectacularly. We are implementing emergency measures as permanent policies. We receive diminishing returns on status quo solutions. We suffer declining social mobility. We have a loss of social cohesion/shared purpose. Our status quo is not only failing to solve humanity’s six core problems—it has become the problem. Since this failure is now inevitable, something is coming to replace it. It is urgent that each of us understand why our status quo has failed, and why the usual menu of reforms can’t stop this failure, to prepare ourselves for the radical transformations ahead.
Why Our Status Quo Failed and Is Beyond Reform Reviews
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Truly a gem, as pretty much anything written by Charles. The author broadly outlines the extreme unfairness and waste in our present economic system, and gives factual reasons of why it never worked, and will never work. I suggest this reading for someone who is not familiar with economics, since its gives easy to read "light" overview of the present horror of economic system so long glorified by the temple priests.
The issues of overpopulation, of waste of natural resources by turning live things into dead things and promptly trashing them, of belief in infiniteness of natural resources as if planet is always expanding. The madness of present world. Just read it - its easy on the eyes and makes a lot of sense. -
The bad news, clarified.
