“THIS SUCKER COULD GO DOWN.” – George W. Bush, 9/25/08

Is This the End of Capitalism?

By Alex KNIGHT

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

Capitalism requires growth. A system that requires growth cannot last forever on a planet that is defined by ecological and social limits. Capitalism is therefore fundamentally unsustainable – sooner or later it will run up against those limits and the system will stop functioning. At this moment we are in the midst of a crisis which is calling into question the future of this system. Now is a perfect opportunity to envision a new way of living in the world that can meet human needs while also respecting the needs of the planet. It is time to build this new world.

SERBIAN ELECTIONS 2016 - DOWN TO DEMOCRACY - FREEDOM TO THE PEOPLE!

Еearly elections are closing. Decisive. Fateful. More important than ever. For whom? For those who have been destroying Serbia for more than a decade, building themselves a comfortable life, in the process. All the economic and other indicators show that destruction. The life of the citizens of Serbia is becoming cheaper and of the poorer quality, by the year. It is self-evident that destroyers are living more, and more comfortable and better. They shamelessly parade with their comfortable life. "The Club of Serbian quasi politicians" sits at the table, and all the ordinary people are on the menu. Eternally and insatiably hungry, unencumbered by moral limits, fraudsters and ignorant, they have been feasting on our flesh for 15 years.

This robbery is called - democracy.

This robbery is called - transition.

The transition in Serbia have been lasting for too long and will last indefinitely. Sacrifice and suffer during the transition for our descendants to live better – in democracy.

Does not that sound familiar?

Sacrifice in socialism, and your descendants are going to live better in communism.

Descendants slightly altered the mantra of their ancestors. In words, but not its substance.

What do they offer this time? What are the electoral slogans for the Election in 2016.