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Unbridled Capitalism is Dying.
And now is the time to replace it with something better.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re in parts of Europe, Latin America, or the United States. We don’t have to travel far to see the consequences of the increasing hostilities and polarization between the left and the right of the political spectrum. Whether it’s Donald Trump inciting increased fear and anger towards immigrants and Muslims, or the Brexit movement in the U.K., there are clear indications of rising frustration wherever we look.
The world is a mess. But it isn’t enough to just acknowledge that. It’s important to take this pivotal moment in history to determine the root causes of what’s happening around us, so that one day we can hope to not repeat it. So, what has lead to this increased polarization that’s spread throughout the globe? Why are marginalized, disenfranchised people ending up in this all too familiar place where they are made out to be the reason behind all of our problems? How have we allowed ourselves to get to a place where we believe that the most powerless among us are the reason fewer and fewer of us have any power at all?
The answer is unbridled crony capitalism, and it’s dying.
Let us be clear. There really is no such thing as a “free market”. The whole concept of the free market and…
