laundry0099@bookwyrm.social hat What then must we do? von Gar Alperovitz besprochen
Great read
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This book was a great read! Conversationally written, it’s a great mixture of compelling statistics and facts combined with an easy to follow blueprint for how to improve things. In the age of trendy TikTok influencers making videos like “WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?” challenging us to do some magical THING that will fix waves hands all of this, it’s refreshing to have an adult tell you that there are no quick fixes.
Indeed, this book states several times that the only way forward is through the long, boring task of, well, basically going to work. But how we build our workplaces, how we organize them, how we make them more democratic is actually the most important thing any of us can do.
After all, even if the cool Leftbook edgelords do somehow get their “revolution”, then what? We as a society will still need to make …
This book was a great read! Conversationally written, it’s a great mixture of compelling statistics and facts combined with an easy to follow blueprint for how to improve things. In the age of trendy TikTok influencers making videos like “WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?” challenging us to do some magical THING that will fix waves hands all of this, it’s refreshing to have an adult tell you that there are no quick fixes.
Indeed, this book states several times that the only way forward is through the long, boring task of, well, basically going to work. But how we build our workplaces, how we organize them, how we make them more democratic is actually the most important thing any of us can do.
After all, even if the cool Leftbook edgelords do somehow get their “revolution”, then what? We as a society will still need to make things. We will still need energy, food, water. This book looks at the decidedly less sexy ways that we can build this backbone even now so that we can survive in a post-capitalist world.
Although it is stated several times in this book, each time I read that there are no quick solutions, I felt myself feeling… disappointed? I suppose years of hysterical internet activists have effectively infected my brain into thinking that there are. But we need to roll up our sleeves and start seriously thinking about what the true alternative is to our current systems.
I was glad that I had recently read The Socialist Imperative: From Gotha to Now by Michael A. Lebowitz recently because a lot of the themes in this book were more thoroughly explored in that one, which gave me better context for the concepts.
A great read that actually delivered on its promises to outline concrete steps to take and help effect change.