Wow. I am 70 years old, and I think this article is the most intelligent thing I've read in my entire fucking life. I think it embodies the old proverb "Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children." My parent's generation fought against facism in WWII and now the US has succumbed to it. Humanity seems such a dichotomy. I believe that there are people that can make Resourceism work, but I feel there are also enough of the type of people to make it impossible. But, oh how I would want to live in a society that embodies Resourceism!
Thank you. Your hope and your doubt both make sense. Resourceism does not require perfect people, only better systems that reward stewardship instead of greed. The tragedy is that fascism exploits the worst in us, while a just society must cultivate the best. I don’t think the answer is certainty. I think it is courage, imagination, and enough people willing to begin anyway.
The exploitative instincts of humans do not disappear without capitalism. Policing the commons typically fails. How to incentivize the people to care and safeguard their "shared inheritance" without authoritarianism or anarchy?
Resourceism does not assume saints. It assumes systems shape behavior. The answer is transparent governance, local stewardship, participatory decision-making, and accountability tied to measurable outcomes. People protect what they genuinely co-own, help govern, and directly depend on. Capitalism does not eliminate exploitation, it rewards it. Resourceism aims to design institutions where cooperation is practical, visible, and more beneficial than domination.
Wow. I am 70 years old, and I think this article is the most intelligent thing I've read in my entire fucking life. I think it embodies the old proverb "Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children." My parent's generation fought against facism in WWII and now the US has succumbed to it. Humanity seems such a dichotomy. I believe that there are people that can make Resourceism work, but I feel there are also enough of the type of people to make it impossible. But, oh how I would want to live in a society that embodies Resourceism!
Thank you. Your hope and your doubt both make sense. Resourceism does not require perfect people, only better systems that reward stewardship instead of greed. The tragedy is that fascism exploits the worst in us, while a just society must cultivate the best. I don’t think the answer is certainty. I think it is courage, imagination, and enough people willing to begin anyway.
The exploitative instincts of humans do not disappear without capitalism. Policing the commons typically fails. How to incentivize the people to care and safeguard their "shared inheritance" without authoritarianism or anarchy?
Resourceism does not assume saints. It assumes systems shape behavior. The answer is transparent governance, local stewardship, participatory decision-making, and accountability tied to measurable outcomes. People protect what they genuinely co-own, help govern, and directly depend on. Capitalism does not eliminate exploitation, it rewards it. Resourceism aims to design institutions where cooperation is practical, visible, and more beneficial than domination.