How can we develop a capitalistic culture that values beauty over self-serving violence and profit?
CW: I make an important distinction in the book. Market economies and capitalism are not the same thing. There were market economies before there was capitalism. Capitalism is a hierarchical order of power that has assumed the function of markets while really only being interested in impoverishing others for the sake of their own privilege and wealth. They know this but, as the Straussian neo-cons have shown, they’re really very proud of themselves for this organization of violence. They think of their astonishing and complex world of orderly violence as virtuous. They see virtue in triumph, never mind the bodies. Ask Karl Rove how this works. So, we can’t change capitalism but we can reclaim human markets. DJ: What is problematic about being seduced by the economic and scientific appeals of efficiency, sustainability, and prosperity? CW: Even environmentalists see the reigning economic order as a good thing. It needs correction, they say, or “greening”. We need to reason with corporat
