Leftist Lawyer<p>Alternative definition of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a>:</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> sanctioned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/embezzlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embezzlement</span></a> from our progeny of the natural resources presently entrusted to us. </p><p>Think about it. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Econ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Econ</span></a> 101 definition of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> can be summarized by unit of production as the amount the public is willing to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pay</span></a>, less the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/expense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expense</span></a> of production. Simple, right? </p><p>Wrong.</p><p>Because "production" always produces things (called negative externalities) that impact the purchasing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> long after production, that simply don't get counted as an expense of production. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heat</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Refuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Refuse</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxins</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Depression</span></a>. Etc. You will never see these expenses of production on the product label, because those things, are the "profit" we ALLOW the capitalists to pocket.</p><p>Now, in the past, we thought this was ok because we didn't understand the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/relationship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relationship</span></a> between the capitalist "economy" and the law of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a>. We failed to understand we're working within a closed system. Any physicist worth a shit sees the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insanity</span></a> of this system today.</p><p>That's the root of this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toot</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@LeftistLawyer/109368652923920994" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@LeftistLawye</span><span class="invisible">r/109368652923920994</span></a>. The time of not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/accounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accounting</span></a> for the real <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costs</span></a> of capitalism is done. Every year we continue to allow this reckless system to persist, we <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/embezzle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embezzle</span></a> the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resources</span></a> of our children's future. It's an antiquated, and profoundly dangerous, arguably criminal, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmentalism</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeepItInTheGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeepItInTheGround</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalResources</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Criminal</span></a></p>