How To Be An Anti-Capitalist

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden, Kids & Family

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Capitalism has transformed the world, sure. But at what cost? (Immense environmental ones, of course.) Americans, it's high-time we accept that the Golden Age of capitalism is long gone. On today's show: A frank discussion with sustainable finance visionary Kara Perez about insulating ourselves from late-stage capitalism's most damaging effects with individual and collective action. Here's a preview: [6:00] Money is a tool for change, and yet it's literally something we made up [11:00] Can we be nickled and dimed even more than we already are? (Spoiler alert: Yes.) [14:00] A few of the ways in which shareholder capitalism limits society's ability to progress [22:00] Tangible ways you and I can "change the flow of money" Resources mentioned: Episode #395: Lifestyle Creep (with Kara Perez) Green Money: How to Reduce Waste, Build Wealth, and Create a Better Future for All How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century (by Erik Olin Wright) Thank you to Wild for sponsoring this week's episode! Use code SUSTAINABLE20 for 20% off. https://www.wearewild.com/us/?discount=SUSTAINABLE20 Thank you also to Better Help for sponsoring this week's episode! Head to betterhelp.com/minimal for 10% off your first month. This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! **If you're a financial supporter over on Apple Podcasts and want to join Book Club, please email me and let me know! For privacy reasons, Apple won't share your contact info with me. Just email me and I'll happily add you!** Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.9	Well, hello there, my friends, and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to
1:05.9	episode 505 of Sustainable Minimalists. This is a listener-supported show about intentional and
1:12.6	eco-friendly minimalist living. And on today's show, we are criticizing capitalism. Oh, yes,
1:18.6	we are. My guest and I are also offering up ways to insulate ourselves from capitalism's
1:25.0	most damaging effects. Now, let's back up. For many people, the idea of
1:31.3	anti-capitalism seems ridiculous. I mean, just look around. Look at all the amazing goods and
1:37.6	innovations. Capitalism has produced. Just look at the steady improvements in our quality of life. That's all thanks to
1:45.7	competition in the market, isn't it? Well, sure, but I don't believe that capitalism's harms
1:52.4	are talked about enough. Here in America, we hear an awful lot about how great capitalism is,
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