What is Capitalism?
Hi, I’m Alex Knight. I’m a teacher, writer, and activist. I manage endofcapitalism.com and I’m writing a book called The End of Capitalism. I was born on July 4, 1983. I was raised an All-American boy in a working class family in a small town outside of Philadelphia.
Alex Knight is an organizer, teacher and writer in Philadelphia. Alex has been developing the theory of the end of capitalism since 2005, when he was studying at Lehigh University. The theory argues that the global capitalist system is breaking down due to ecological and social limits to growth and that a paradigm shift toward a non-capitalist future is underway. Alex graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, and a Master’s degree in Political Science. He began organizing students in college on anti-war and environmental issues. From 2006-09, he helped build the new Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), organizing at the campus, city, and national levels. Alex was present for the first day of Occupy Wall St. and has been instrumental in facilitating the General Assembly of Occupy Philadelphia. |
“Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.” — Kenneth Boulding, economist.
“This sucker could go down.” – George W. Bush, 9/25/08
“This sucker could go down.” – George W. Bush, 9/25/08
Capitalism is the name of the power structure that currently dominates all human society, and which has done so for the last 500 years. It is a system based on ecological and social exploitation for the profit of the wealthy few. I sometimes refer to it as a “global system of abuse” because our relationship with capitalism is based on violence and submission, even though the system would like us to believe that it has our best interests at heart.