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To save the environment, we must end the profit system (climateandcapitalism.com)

submitted 6 days ago by ccmskw@sh.itjust.works to c/degrowth@slrpnk.net

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You may want to take a look at the book "The Dawn of Everything" by David Graeber and David Wengrow. It provides a compelling argument that past human societies were quite egalitarian, cooperative and non-authoritarian, and that the human civilizations of recorded history being the way they are is actually an aberration from the norm.

Quick video summary of the book by one of the author's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SJi0sHrEI4

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 0 points 5 days ago

You should look into "Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins. Cooperative strategies are perfectly viable for selfish reasons - don't mistake cooperative efforts with altruism