Surviving Capitalism (Not) : China pivot fuels Eurasian century

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, May 19, 2014

China pivot fuels Eurasian century

Click here to access article by Pepe Escobar from Asia Times Online.

It appears that we are entering a new stage in inter-capitalist gang competition for world dominance.

...as much as the US may fight the emergence of a multipolar, multi-powered world, economic facts on the ground regularly point to such developments. The question remains: will the decline of the hegemon be slow and reasonably dignified, or will the whole world be dragged down with it in what has been called "the Samson option"?

With so many neoconservatives playing important roles in our ruling class, I wouldn't rule out "the Samson option".

So, my fellow humans across the planet, it looks like we are caught between the devil of inter-capitalist gang wars and the deep blue sea of climate destabilization. If one doesn't kill us all off, the other one will...unless, of course, we take matters in our own hands.