“Today, rather than a democracy we have a plutocracy (rule by moneyed interests) in which some of the formal elements of democracy nonetheless remain. Needless to say a real democracy ... is impossible where income, wealth, and power are concentrated and where inequality is growing, that is, in the normal ways of things under capitalism” WealthPowerDemocracyCapitalismIncomeInequalityNeoliberalismPlutocracy Book:What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism Source: What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism
“The reality is that the major environmental problems we face today - of which climate change is only one - cannot be solved by means of technological or market-based solutions while keeping existing social relations intact. Rather, what is needed most is a transformation in social relations: in community, culture, and economy, in how we relate to each other as human beings, and how we relate to the planet. What is needed, in other words, is an ecological revolution.” Climate ChangeEnvironmentalismEnvironmental ProblemsEcological Revolution Book:What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism Source: What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism