The structure of power is based on a lack of respect not solely for those of us who fail to conform to the demands of the dominant power structure:
women, the poor, the mad, the transgender / queer but also a lack of respect for the ecosystem that supports us
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Because the basic needs of the human food, heat, water and a decent living environment - are not considered to have a high enough value in the capitalist system, the resources of the world are being plundered at a rate which will soon convert the bio-diveristy of thousands of ecosystems into one huge Concrete jungle.
Ultimately capitalism sees the real estate value as the most important asset these ecosystems have.
And as long as we have genetic samples, a few frozen specimens and some beautiful nature documentary footage of the millions of lifeforms we have destroyed it is not important that they no longer actually exist.
We should stop fighting amongst ourselves and join together to demand that:
- the fruits of the earth and sea are bought and sold at their real value,
- an acre of rice grown in China costs the same as one grown in Europe, - and that produce flown across the globe is priced at a rate to match the ridiculuos journey it makes.
Advertising sells us the myth that we can all live like Posh, Becks or Louis xiv but where will all the gold come from? And what exactly have we done to deserve this earth?
We only enjoy our individual freedoms at the cost of others, and more importantly at the cost of the future generation (to say generations is utterly and irresponsibly optimistic)
In a capitalist society there is a constant need to create a demand, and since in the lack of lack society the basic needs of the citizens no longer have a market value - it is necessary to open new markets and find new ways to market products.
So it is no coincidence that the centre of the debates over emerging identities, which currently seem to focus on queer and intersex as the latest sites of radical dissent, should be the largest capitalist marketplace the united states.
Each citizen should have the same rights to control the destiny of their body, free from the manipulations of doctors and society.
But these should be seen within the wider context of the world ecosystem which is being constantly degraded by the expansion of capitalism.
Carrying out a critique based solely on the ideal of the Superhuman individual is not radical!
