[lbo-talk] growth to quality of life

[parthasarathy kalalesrinivasaranga]

Every stage of development is suoerior to  its previous stage. capitalism is
no doubt superior to its previous feudal stage of development. Even as
feudalism had to give up under the pressure created by a superior system,
Capitalism would surely yield placve to a higher form of society.  It is not
merely reformed capitalism, It will be a radical rupture '

Capitalism  has create the  material conditions under which maximum freedom
is possible . But it has  also crearted  most uneven distrivbution of the
fruits of human labour . This uneven distribution as reflected in the
existence of extreme wealth and extreme poverty, both of which are not
inevitable  but surely a contribution of the greed as represented by the
tendency to appropriate socila profit by individuals, it has ccreated
distortions which would finish its regime.  The present day probelm is no
more of growth. This has been solved by the technology. It is one of
designing a pattern of life which is sustainable . Poverty and suffering
under plenty is an anachronism and must be solved.  The democracy and
freedom that are surely biproducts of capitalist growth  is not sustainable
under  inequality.

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kalalepsarathy
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