An Interview with Victor Wallis on WHOWHATWHY
Progressive politicians from Bernie Sanders to new Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have grown increasingly bold in calling for quasi-socialist solutions as the only viable means of addressing a range of intractable, growing problems — from the health care crisis to climate change.
Others are even more explicit, arguing that capitalism itself is at the root of the matter.
Victor Wallis, a history professor at Berklee School of Music and longtime writer and thinker on the environment, this week’s guest on the WhoWhatWhy podcast, believes that “ecosocialism” is the only answer to the existential dilemma facing America and the world.
Wallis argues that, whether one is passionate about capitalism or is troubled by its extreme manifestations no longer matters. The imperative for ever greater profits, he says, creates more of everything and more demand for everything — and inevitably produces strains the earth can no longer afford.
Maybe not what you want to hear as you contemplate yet another Black Friday spree. But maybe also a good time to hear and debate unconventional ideas.
Listen to the interview or read the transcript on WhoWhatWhy
Victor Wallis is the author of Red-Green Revolution: The Politics and Technology of Ecosocialism.
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